CLOCK FACES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
A device displays a clock face in response to receiving a request to display a clock face. In accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, where the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements includes a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size. In accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, and the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position and/or has a second size. In some embodiments, clock faces are reordered.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/997,588, entitled “CLOCK FACES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE”, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/585,399, now U.S. Pat. 10,788,797, entitled “CLOCK FACES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE”, filed on Sep. 27, 2019, which claims priority to U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 62/844,108, entitled “CLOCK FACES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE”, filed on May 6, 2019, and U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 62/856,038, entitled “CLOCK FACES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE”, filed on Jun. 1, 2019, the contents of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
FIELDThe present disclosure relates generally to computer user interfaces, and more specifically to clock faces for electronic devices.
BACKGROUNDUsers rely on portable multifunction devices for a variety of operations, including telling time. Such users may want to be provided with a current time along with other context-specific information.
BRIEF SUMMARYSome techniques for presenting and interacting with clock faces using electronic devices, however, are generally cumbersome and inefficient. For example, some existing techniques use a complex and time-consuming user interface, which may include multiple key presses or keystrokes. Existing techniques require more time than necessary, wasting user time and device energy. This latter consideration is particularly important in battery-operated devices.
Accordingly, the present technique provides electronic devices with faster, more efficient methods and interfaces for presenting and interacting with clock faces. Such methods and interfaces optionally complement or replace other methods for presenting and interacting with clock faces. Such methods and interfaces reduce the cognitive burden on a user and produce a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, such methods and interfaces conserve power and increase the time between battery charges.
In some embodiments, a method comprises: at an electronic device with a display device: receiving a request to display a clock face that includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements including a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size while the respective graphical element is displayed at the respective location on the clock face; and in accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupying a second position different from the first position and/or having a second size different from the first size.
In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to display a clock face that includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements including a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size while the respective graphical element is displayed at the respective location on the clock face; and in accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupying a second position different from the first position and/or having a second size different from the first size.
In some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to display a clock face that includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements including a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size while the respective graphical element is displayed at the respective location on the clock face; and in accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupying a second position different from the first position and/or having a second size different from the first size.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to display a clock face that includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements including a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size while the respective graphical element is displayed at the respective location on the clock face; and in accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupying a second position different from the first position and/or having a second size different from the first size.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; means for receiving a request to display a clock face that includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time; and means for, in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements including a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size while the respective graphical element is displayed at the respective location on the clock face; and in accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face including the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupying a second position different from the first position and/or having a second size different from the first size.
In some embodiments, a method comprises: at an electronic device with a display device: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
In some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; means for displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language; means for detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and means for, in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
In some embodiments, a method comprises: at an electronic device with a display device: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face including: a plurality of clock hands including a first clock hand and a second clock hand; and a color gradient of the first clock face, the color gradient of the first clock face including a gradual transition from a first color at a first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face to a second color at a second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face, wherein the first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the first clock face and the second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the first clock face; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face including: the plurality of clock hands including the first clock hand and the second clock hand; and a first color gradient of the second clock face, the first color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the second clock face and the second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand of the second clock face; and a second color gradient of the second clock face, the second color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the second clock face.
In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face including: a plurality of clock hands including a first clock hand and a second clock hand; and a color gradient of the first clock face, the color gradient of the first clock face including a gradual transition from a first color at a first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face to a second color at a second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face, wherein the first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the first clock face and the second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the first clock face; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face including: the plurality of clock hands including the first clock hand and the second clock hand; and a first color gradient of the second clock face, the first color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the second clock face and the second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand of the second clock face; and a second color gradient of the second clock face, the second color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the second clock face.
In some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face including: a plurality of clock hands including a first clock hand and a second clock hand; and a color gradient of the first clock face, the color gradient of the first clock face including a gradual transition from a first color at a first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face to a second color at a second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face, wherein the first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the first clock face and the second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the first clock face; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face including: the plurality of clock hands including the first clock hand and the second clock hand; and a first color gradient of the second clock face, the first color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the second clock face and the second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand of the second clock face; and a second color gradient of the second clock face, the second color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the second clock face.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face including: a plurality of clock hands including a first clock hand and a second clock hand; and a color gradient of the first clock face, the color gradient of the first clock face including a gradual transition from a first color at a first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face to a second color at a second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face, wherein the first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the first clock face and the second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the first clock face; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face including: the plurality of clock hands including the first clock hand and the second clock hand; and a first color gradient of the second clock face, the first color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the second clock face and the second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand of the second clock face; and a second color gradient of the second clock face, the second color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the second clock face.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; means for displaying, via the display device, a first clock face including: a plurality of clock hands including a first clock hand and a second clock hand; and a color gradient of the first clock face, the color gradient of the first clock face including a gradual transition from a first color at a first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face to a second color at a second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face, wherein the first edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the first clock face and the second edge of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the first clock face; means for detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and means for, in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face including: the plurality of clock hands including the first clock hand and the second clock hand; and a first color gradient of the second clock face, the first color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand of the second clock face and the second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand of the second clock face; and a second color gradient of the second clock face, the second color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face, wherein the second edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand of the second clock face.
In some embodiments, a method comprises: at an electronic device with a display device: receiving a request to display a clock face; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a current time is a first time, displaying, via the display device, a clock face, the clock face at the first time including: a digital indication of time indicating the first time; and a segment including a first edge at a first position and a second edge at a second position, wherein the first edge at the first position indicates a first unit of time of the first time, and wherein the second edge at the second position indicates a second unit of time of the first time; and in accordance with a determination that a current time is a second time different from the first time, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face at the second time including: the digital indication of time indicating the second time; and the segment including the first edge and the second edge, the first edge at a third position and the second edge at a fourth position, wherein the first edge at the third position indicates a first unit of time of the second time, and wherein the second edge at the fourth position indicates a second unit of time of the second time.
In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to display a clock face; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a current time is a first time, displaying, via the display device, a clock face, the clock face at the first time including: a digital indication of time indicating the first time; and a segment including a first edge at a first position and a second edge at a second position, wherein the first edge at the first position indicates a first unit of time of the first time, and wherein the second edge at the second position indicates a second unit of time of the first time; and in accordance with a determination that a current time is a second time different from the first time, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face at the second time including: the digital indication of time indicating the second time; and the segment including the first edge and the second edge, the first edge at a third position and the second edge at a fourth position, wherein the first edge at the third position indicates a first unit of time of the second time, and wherein the second edge at the fourth position indicates a second unit of time of the second time.
In some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to display a clock face; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a current time is a first time, displaying, via the display device, a clock face, the clock face at the first time including: a digital indication of time indicating the first time; and a segment including a first edge at a first position and a second edge at a second position, wherein the first edge at the first position indicates a first unit of time of the first time, and wherein the second edge at the second position indicates a second unit of time of the first time; and in accordance with a determination that a current time is a second time different from the first time, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face at the second time including: the digital indication of time indicating the second time; and the segment including the first edge and the second edge, the first edge at a third position and the second edge at a fourth position, wherein the first edge at the third position indicates a first unit of time of the second time, and wherein the second edge at the fourth position indicates a second unit of time of the second time.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to display a clock face; and in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a current time is a first time, displaying, via the display device, a clock face, the clock face at the first time including: a digital indication of time indicating the first time; and a segment including a first edge at a first position and a second edge at a second position, wherein the first edge at the first position indicates a first unit of time of the first time, and wherein the second edge at the second position indicates a second unit of time of the first time; and in accordance with a determination that a current time is a second time different from the first time, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face at the second time including: the digital indication of time indicating the second time; and the segment including the first edge and the second edge, the first edge at a third position and the second edge at a fourth position, wherein the first edge at the third position indicates a first unit of time of the second time, and wherein the second edge at the fourth position indicates a second unit of time of the second time.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; means for receiving a request to display a clock face; and means for, in response to receiving the request to display the clock face: in accordance with a determination that a current time is a first time, displaying, via the display device, a clock face, the clock face at the first time including: a digital indication of time indicating the first time; and a segment including a first edge at a first position and a second edge at a second position, wherein the first edge at the first position indicates a first unit of time of the first time, and wherein the second edge at the second position indicates a second unit of time of the first time; and in accordance with a determination that a current time is a second time different from the first time, displaying, via the display device, the clock face, the clock face at the second time including: the digital indication of time indicating the second time; and the segment including the first edge and the second edge, the first edge at a third position and the second edge at a fourth position, wherein the first edge at the third position indicates a first unit of time of the second time, and wherein the second edge at the fourth position indicates a second unit of time of the second time.
In some embodiments, a method comprises: at an electronic device with a display device: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face that has a respective layout including: a first indication of time presented according to a first format at a first location in the respective layout; and a first complication at a second location in the respective layout; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face that has the respective layout including: a second indication of time presented according to a second format different from the first format at the first location in the respective layout; and the first complication at the second location in the respective layout.
In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face that has a respective layout including: a first indication of time presented according to a first format at a first location in the respective layout; and a first complication at a second location in the respective layout; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face that has the respective layout including: a second indication of time presented according to a second format different from the first format at the first location in the respective layout; and the first complication at the second location in the respective layout.
In some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face that has a respective layout including: a first indication of time presented according to a first format at a first location in the respective layout; and a first complication at a second location in the respective layout; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face that has the respective layout including: a second indication of time presented according to a second format different from the first format at the first location in the respective layout; and the first complication at the second location in the respective layout.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face that has a respective layout including: a first indication of time presented according to a first format at a first location in the respective layout; and a first complication at a second location in the respective layout; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face that has the respective layout including: a second indication of time presented according to a second format different from the first format at the first location in the respective layout; and the first complication at the second location in the respective layout.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; means for displaying, via the display device, a first clock face that has a respective layout including: a first indication of time presented according to a first format at a first location in the respective layout; and a first complication at a second location in the respective layout; means for detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face; and means for, in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face that has the respective layout including: a second indication of time presented according to a second format different from the first format at the first location in the respective layout; and the first complication at the second location in the respective layout.
In some embodiments, a method comprises: at an electronic device with a display device: receiving a first request to display a clock face; in response to receiving the first request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, a clock face with an indication of a first time, the clock face at the first time including: an analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and an inset time indication at a first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the first time; and receiving a second request to display the clock face; and in response to receiving the second request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face with an indication of a second time that is different from the first time, the clock face at the second time including: the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and the inset time indication at a second position on the clock face inside the analog dial different from the first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the second time.
In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a first request to display a clock face; in response to receiving the first request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, a clock face with an indication of a first time, the clock face at the first time including: an analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and an inset time indication at a first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the first time; and receiving a second request to display the clock face; and in response to receiving the second request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face with an indication of a second time that is different from the first time, the clock face at the second time including: the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and the inset time indication at a second position on the clock face inside the analog dial different from the first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the second time.
In some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a first request to display a clock face; in response to receiving the first request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, a clock face with an indication of a first time, the clock face at the first time including: an analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and an inset time indication at a first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the first time; and receiving a second request to display the clock face; and in response to receiving the second request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face with an indication of a second time that is different from the first time, the clock face at the second time including: the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and the inset time indication at a second position on the clock face inside the analog dial different from the first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the second time.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a first request to display a clock face; in response to receiving the first request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, a clock face with an indication of a first time, the clock face at the first time including: an analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and an inset time indication at a first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the first time; and receiving a second request to display the clock face; and in response to receiving the second request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face with an indication of a second time that is different from the first time, the clock face at the second time including: the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and the inset time indication at a second position on the clock face inside the analog dial different from the first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the second time.
In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; means for receiving a first request to display a clock face; means for, in response to receiving the first request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, a clock face with an indication of a first time, the clock face at the first time including: an analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and an inset time indication at a first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the first time; and means for receiving a second request to display the clock face; and means for, in response to receiving the second request to display the clock face, displaying, via the display device, the clock face with an indication of a second time that is different from the first time, the clock face at the second time including: the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period; and the inset time indication at a second position on the clock face inside the analog dial different from the first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, the inset time indication indicating the second time.
In some embodiments, a method includes, at an electronic device with a display device: displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size; while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face; in response to detecting the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face and at least a portion of a clock face that was not displayed prior to detecting the user input; while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.
In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size; while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face; in response to detecting the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face and at least a portion of a clock face that was not displayed prior to detecting the user input; while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.
In some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size; while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face; in response to detecting the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face and at least a portion of a clock face that was not displayed prior to detecting the user input; while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.
In some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size; while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face; in response to detecting the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face and at least a portion of a clock face that was not displayed prior to detecting the user input; while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.
In some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display device; means for displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size; means for, while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face; means for, in response to detecting the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria: displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face and at least a portion of a clock face that was not displayed prior to detecting the user input; means for, while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and means for, in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.
Executable instructions for performing these functions are, optionally, included in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or other computer program product configured for execution by one or more processors. Executable instructions for performing these functions are, optionally, included in a transitory computer-readable storage medium or other computer program product configured for execution by one or more processors.
Thus, devices are provided with faster, more efficient methods and interfaces for presenting and interacting with clock faces, thereby increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices. Such methods and interfaces may complement or replace other methods for presenting and interacting with clock faces.
For a better understanding of the various described embodiments, reference should be made to the Description of Embodiments below, in conjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures.
The following description sets forth exemplary methods, parameters, and the like. It should be recognized, however, that such description is not intended as a limitation on the scope of the present disclosure but is instead provided as a description of exemplary embodiments.
There is a need for electronic devices that provide efficient methods and interfaces for presenting and interacting with clock faces. According to some embodiments, an element of an analog dial of a clock face is displayed based on a determination of whether or not another graphical element (e.g., a notification or a complication) is to be displayed on the clock face. According to some embodiments, an indication of time is displayed according to a selected language while the language in which other graphical elements of a clock face (e.g., complications) are displayed is maintained. According to some embodiments, a device displays a clock face including a gradient that is displayed based on the position of a clock hand, and in response to input, the device displays a clock face with two gradients, where the display of the two gradients is based on the positions of two clock hands. According to some embodiments, a clock face is displayed with a digital indication of time and a segments with two edges, where the positions of the two edges of the segment indicate hours and minutes of a time. According to some embodiments, the format of an indication of time on a clock face is changed in response to input, while the layout of the clock face and the position of other graphical elements remains the same. According to some embodiments, a clock face is displayed with an analog dial that represents a twenty-four hour time period and an inset time indication within the analog dial that indicates the current time, where the position of the inset time indication is based on the current time. Such techniques can reduce the cognitive burden on a user who views activity trends and/or manages workouts, thereby enhancing productivity. Further, such techniques can reduce processor and battery power otherwise wasted on redundant user inputs.
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Although the following description uses terms “first,” “second,” etc. to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by the terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first touch could be termed a second touch, and, similarly, a second touch could be termed a first touch, without departing from the scope of the various described embodiments. The first touch and the second touch are both touches, but they are not the same touch.
The terminology used in the description of the various described embodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the description of the various described embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises,” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
The term “if” is, optionally, construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a stated condition or event] is detected” is, optionally, construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [the stated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the stated condition or event],” depending on the context.
Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device, such as a mobile telephone, that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/or music player functions. Exemplary embodiments of portable multifunction devices include, without limitation, the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. Other portable electronic devices, such as laptops or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch screen displays and/or touchpads), are, optionally, used. It should also be understood that, in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communications device, but is a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display and/or a touchpad).
In the discussion that follows, an electronic device that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. It should be understood, however, that the electronic device optionally includes one or more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, a mouse, and/or a joystick.
The device typically supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a website creation application, a disk authoring application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a workout support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.
The various applications that are executed on the device optionally use at least one common physical user-interface device, such as the touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface as well as corresponding information displayed on the device are, optionally, adjusted and/or varied from one application to the next and/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as the touch-sensitive surface) of the device optionally supports the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent to the user.
Attention is now directed toward embodiments of portable devices with touch-sensitive displays.
As used in the specification and claims, the term “intensity” of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface refers to the force or pressure (force per unit area) of a contact (e.g., a finger contact) on the touch-sensitive surface, or to a substitute (proxy) for the force or pressure of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The intensity of a contact has a range of values that includes at least four distinct values and more typically includes hundreds of distinct values (e.g., at least 256). Intensity of a contact is, optionally, determined (or measured) using various approaches and various sensors or combinations of sensors. For example, one or more force sensors underneath or adjacent to the touch-sensitive surface are, optionally, used to measure force at various points on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, force measurements from multiple force sensors are combined (e.g., a weighted average) to determine an estimated force of a contact. Similarly, a pressure-sensitive tip of a stylus is, optionally, used to determine a pressure of the stylus on the touch-sensitive surface. Alternatively, the size of the contact area detected on the touch-sensitive surface and/or changes thereto, the capacitance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto, and/or the resistance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto are, optionally, used as a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are used directly to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is described in units corresponding to the substitute measurements). In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are converted to an estimated force or pressure, and the estimated force or pressure is used to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is a pressure threshold measured in units of pressure). Using the intensity of a contact as an attribute of a user input allows for user access to additional device functionality that may otherwise not be accessible by the user on a reduced-size device with limited real estate for displaying affordances (e.g., on a touch-sensitive display) and/or receiving user input (e.g., via a touch-sensitive display, a touch-sensitive surface, or a physical/mechanical control such as a knob or a button).
As used in the specification and claims, the term “tactile output” refers to physical displacement of a device relative to a previous position of the device, physical displacement of a component (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface) of a device relative to another component (e.g., housing) of the device, or displacement of the component relative to a center of mass of the device that will be detected by a user with the user's sense of touch. For example, in situations where the device or the component of the device is in contact with a surface of a user that is sensitive to touch (e.g., a finger, palm, or other part of a user's hand), the tactile output generated by the physical displacement will be interpreted by the user as a tactile sensation corresponding to a perceived change in physical characteristics of the device or the component of the device. For example, movement of a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display or trackpad) is, optionally, interpreted by the user as a “down click” or “up click” of a physical actuator button. In some cases, a user will feel a tactile sensation such as an “down click” or “up click” even when there is no movement of a physical actuator button associated with the touch-sensitive surface that is physically pressed (e.g., displaced) by the user's movements. As another example, movement of the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, interpreted or sensed by the user as “roughness” of the touch-sensitive surface, even when there is no change in smoothness of the touch-sensitive surface. While such interpretations of touch by a user will be subject to the individualized sensory perceptions of the user, there are many sensory perceptions of touch that are common to a large majority of users. Thus, when a tactile output is described as corresponding to a particular sensory perception of a user (e.g., an “up click,” a “down click,” “roughness”), unless otherwise stated, the generated tactile output corresponds to physical displacement of the device or a component thereof that will generate the described sensory perception for a typical (or average) user.
It should be appreciated that device 100 is only one example of a portable multifunction device, and that device 100 optionally has more or fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or more components, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangement of the components. The various components shown in
Memory 102 optionally includes high-speed random access memory and optionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Memory controller 122 optionally controls access to memory 102 by other components of device 100.
Peripherals interface 118 can be used to couple input and output peripherals of the device to CPU 120 and memory 102. The one or more processors 120 run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructions stored in memory 102 to perform various functions for device 100 and to process data. In some embodiments, peripherals interface 118, CPU 120, and memory controller 122 are, optionally, implemented on a single chip, such as chip 104. In some other embodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips.
RF (radio frequency) circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via the electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 optionally includes well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. RF circuitry 108 optionally communicates with networks, such as the Internet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The RF circuitry 108 optionally includes well-known circuitry for detecting near field communication (NFC) fields, such as by a short-range communication radio. The wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols, and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), Evolution, Data-Only (EV-DO), HSPA, HSPA+, Dual-Cell HSPA (DC-HSPDA), long term evolution (LTE), near field communication (NFC), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, and/or IEEE 802.11ac), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for e-mail (e.g., Internet message access protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instant messaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service (SMS), or any other suitable communication protocol, including communication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of this document.
Audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, and microphone 113 provide an audio interface between a user and device 100. Audio circuitry 110 receives audio data from peripherals interface 118, converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to speaker 111. Speaker 111 converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 also receives electrical signals converted by microphone 113 from sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to peripherals interface 118 for processing. Audio data is, optionally, retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory 102 and/or RF circuitry 108 by peripherals interface 118. In some embodiments, audio circuitry 110 also includes a headset jack (e.g., 212,
I/O subsystem 106 couples input/output peripherals on device 100, such as touch screen 112 and other input control devices 116, to peripherals interface 118. I/O subsystem 106 optionally includes display controller 156, optical sensor controller 158, depth camera controller 169, intensity sensor controller 159, haptic feedback controller 161, and one or more input controllers 160 for other input or control devices. The one or more input controllers 160 receive/send electrical signals from/to other input control devices 116. The other input control devices 116 optionally include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments, input controller(s) 160 are, optionally, coupled to any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, an infrared port, a USB port, and a pointer device such as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g., 208,
A quick press of the push button optionally disengages a lock of touch screen 112 or optionally begins a process that uses gestures on the touch screen to unlock the device, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, U.S. Pat. No. 7,657,849, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. A longer press of the push button (e.g., 206) optionally turns power to device 100 on or off. The functionality of one or more of the buttons are, optionally, user-customizable. Touch screen 112 is used to implement virtual or soft buttons and one or more soft keyboards.
Touch-sensitive display 112 provides an input interface and an output interface between the device and a user. Display controller 156 receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to touch screen 112. Touch screen 112 displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionally includes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all of the visual output optionally corresponds to user-interface objects.
Touch screen 112 has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor, or set of sensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactile contact. Touch screen 112 and display controller 156 (along with any associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory 102) detect contact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on touch screen 112 and convert the detected contact into interaction with user-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages, or images) that are displayed on touch screen 112. In an exemplary embodiment, a point of contact between touch screen 112 and the user corresponds to a finger of the user.
Touch screen 112 optionally uses LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED (light emitting diode) technology, although other display technologies are used in other embodiments. Touch screen 112 and display controller 156 optionally detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with touch screen 112. In an exemplary embodiment, projected mutual capacitance sensing technology is used, such as that found in the iPhone® and iPod Touch® from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.
A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen 112 is, optionally, analogous to the multi-touch sensitive touchpads described in the following U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846 (Westerman et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,570,557 (Westerman et al.), and/or U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,932 (Westerman), and/or U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0015024A1, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. However, touch screen 112 displays visual output from device 100, whereas touch-sensitive touchpads do not provide visual output.
A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen 112 is described in the following applications: (1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,” filed May 2, 2006; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “Multipoint Touchscreen,” filed May 6, 2004; (3) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jul. 30, 2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 31, 2005; (5) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual Input Device Placement On A Touch Screen User Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (7) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of A Computer With A Touch Screen Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (8) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys Of A Touch-Screen Virtual Keyboard,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; and (9) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
Touch screen 112 optionally has a video resolution in excess of 100 dpi. In some embodiments, the touch screen has a video resolution of approximately 160 dpi. The user optionally makes contact with touch screen 112 using any suitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures, which can be less precise than stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger on the touch screen. In some embodiments, the device translates the rough finger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user.
In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, device 100 optionally includes a touchpad for activating or deactivating particular functions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive area of the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. The touchpad is, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from touch screen 112 or an extension of the touch-sensitive surface formed by the touch screen.
Device 100 also includes power system 162 for powering the various components. Power system 162 optionally includes a power management system, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable devices.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more optical sensors 164.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more depth camera sensors 175.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more proximity sensors 166.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more tactile output generators 167.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more accelerometers 168.
In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102 include operating system 126, communication module (or set of instructions) 128, contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130, graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, text input module (or set of instructions) 134, Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions) 135, and applications (or sets of instructions) 136. Furthermore, in some embodiments, memory 102 (
Operating system 126 (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, iOS, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components.
Communication module 128 facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports 124 and also includes various software components for handling data received by RF circuitry 108 and/or external port 124. External port 124 (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with, the 30-pin connector used on iPod® (trademark of Apple Inc.) devices.
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects contact with touch screen 112 (in conjunction with display controller 156) and other touch-sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Contact/motion module 130 includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact, such as determining if contact has occurred (e.g., detecting a finger-down event), determining an intensity of the contact (e.g., the force or pressure of the contact or a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact), determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., detecting one or more finger-dragging events), and determining if the contact has ceased (e.g., detecting a finger-up event or a break in contact). Contact/motion module 130 receives contact data from the touch-sensitive surface. Determining movement of the point of contact, which is represented by a series of contact data, optionally includes determining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point of contact. These operations are, optionally, applied to single contacts (e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g., “multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 and display controller 156 detect contact on a touchpad.
In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 uses a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user (e.g., to determine whether a user has “clicked” on an icon). In some embodiments, at least a subset of the intensity thresholds are determined in accordance with software parameters (e.g., the intensity thresholds are not determined by the activation thresholds of particular physical actuators and can be adjusted without changing the physical hardware of device 100). For example, a mouse “click” threshold of a trackpad or touch screen display can be set to any of a large range of predefined threshold values without changing the trackpad or touch screen display hardware. Additionally, in some implementations, a user of the device is provided with software settings for adjusting one or more of the set of intensity thresholds (e.g., by adjusting individual intensity thresholds and/or by adjusting a plurality of intensity thresholds at once with a system-level click “intensity” parameter).
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects a gesture input by a user. Different gestures on the touch-sensitive surface have different contact patterns (e.g., different motions, timings, and/or intensities of detected contacts). Thus, a gesture is, optionally, detected by detecting a particular contact pattern. For example, detecting a finger tap gesture includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event at the same position (or substantially the same position) as the finger-down event (e.g., at the position of an icon). As another example, detecting a finger swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive surface includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting one or more finger-dragging events, and subsequently followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event.
Graphics module 132 includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on touch screen 112 or other display, including components for changing the visual impact (e.g., brightness, transparency, saturation, contrast, or other visual property) of graphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including, without limitation, text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations, and the like.
In some embodiments, graphics module 132 stores data representing graphics to be used. Each graphic is, optionally, assigned a corresponding code. Graphics module 132 receives, from applications etc., one or more codes specifying graphics to be displayed along with, if necessary, coordinate data and other graphic property data, and then generates screen image data to output to display controller 156.
Haptic feedback module 133 includes various software components for generating instructions used by tactile output generator(s) 167 to produce tactile outputs at one or more locations on device 100 in response to user interactions with device 100.
Text input module 134, which is, optionally, a component of graphics module 132, provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications (e.g., contacts 137, e-mail 140, IM 141, browser 147, and any other application that needs text input).
GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138 for use in location-based dialing; to camera 143 as picture/video metadata; and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets).
Applications 136 optionally include the following modules (or sets of instructions), or a subset or superset thereof:
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- Contacts module 137 (sometimes called an address book or contact list);
- Telephone module 138;
- Video conference module 139;
- E-mail client module 140;
- Instant messaging (IM) module 141;
- Workout support module 142;
- Camera module 143 for still and/or video images;
- Image management module 144;
- Video player module;
- Music player module;
- Browser module 147;
- Calendar module 148;
- Widget modules 149, which optionally include one or more of: weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, dictionary widget 149-5, and other widgets obtained by the user, as well as user-created widgets 149-6;
- Widget creator module 150 for making user-created widgets 149-6;
- Search module 151;
- Video and music player module 152, which merges video player module and music player module;
- Notes module 153;
- Map module 154; and/or
- Online video module 155.
Examples of other applications 136 that are, optionally, stored in memory 102 include other word processing applications, other image editing applications, drawing applications, presentation applications, JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voice replication.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, contacts module 137 are, optionally, used to manage an address book or contact list (e.g., stored in application internal state 192 of contacts module 137 in memory 102 or memory 370), including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from the address book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating an image with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephone numbers or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communications by telephone 138, video conference module 139, e-mail 140, or IM 141; and so forth.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, telephone module 138 are optionally, used to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in contacts module 137, modify a telephone number that has been entered, dial a respective telephone number, conduct a conversation, and disconnect or hang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols, and technologies.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, contacts module 137, and telephone module 138, video conference module 139 includes executable instructions to initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, e-mail client module 140 includes executable instructions to create, send, receive, and manage e-mail in response to user instructions. In conjunction with image management module 144, e-mail client module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e-mails with still or video images taken with camera module 143.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the instant messaging module 141 includes executable instructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modify previously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receive instant messages, and to view received instant messages. In some embodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages optionally include graphics, photos, audio files, video files and/or other attachments as are supported in an MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). As used herein, “instant messaging” refers to both telephony-based messages (e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages (e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, map module 154, and music player module, workout support module 142 includes executable instructions to create workouts (e.g., with time, distance, and/or calorie burning goals); communicate with workout sensors (sports devices); receive workout sensor data; calibrate sensors used to monitor a workout; select and play music for a workout; and display, store, and transmit workout data.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and image management module 144, camera module 143 includes executable instructions to capture still images or video (including a video stream) and store them into memory 102, modify characteristics of a still image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory 102.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and camera module 143, image management module 144 includes executable instructions to arrange, modify (e.g., edit), or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, browser module 147 includes executable instructions to browse the Internet in accordance with user instructions, including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages or portions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, calendar module 148 includes executable instructions to create, display, modify, and store calendars and data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to-do lists, etc.) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, widget modules 149 are mini-applications that are, optionally, downloaded and used by a user (e.g., weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or created by the user (e.g., user-created widget 149-6). In some embodiments, a widget includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, the widget creator module 150 are, optionally, used by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portion of a web page into a widget).
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, search module 151 includes executable instructions to search for text, music, sound, image, video, and/or other files in memory 102 that match one or more search criteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, and browser module 147, video and music player module 152 includes executable instructions that allow the user to download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AAC files, and executable instructions to display, present, or otherwise play back videos (e.g., on touch screen 112 or on an external, connected display via external port 124). In some embodiments, device 100 optionally includes the functionality of an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.).
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, notes module 153 includes executable instructions to create and manage notes, to-do lists, and the like in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, and browser module 147, map module 154 are, optionally, used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and data associated with maps (e.g., driving directions, data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location, and other location-based data) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, online video module 155 includes instructions that allow the user to access, browse, receive (e.g., by streaming and/or download), play back (e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connected display via external port 124), send an e-mail with a link to a particular online video, and otherwise manage online videos in one or more file formats, such as H.264. In some embodiments, instant messaging module 141, rather than e-mail client module 140, is used to send a link to a particular online video. Additional description of the online video application can be found in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/936,562, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Playing Online Videos,” filed Jun. 20, 2007, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/968,067, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Playing Online Videos,” filed Dec. 31, 2007, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
Each of the above-identified modules and applications corresponds to a set of executable instructions for performing one or more functions described above and the methods described in this application (e.g., the computer-implemented methods and other information processing methods described herein). These modules (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures, or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise rearranged in various embodiments. For example, video player module is, optionally, combined with music player module into a single module (e.g., video and music player module 152,
In some embodiments, device 100 is a device where operation of a predefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screen and/or a touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of device 100, the number of physical input control devices (such as push buttons, dials, and the like) on device 100 is, optionally, reduced.
The predefined set of functions that are performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad optionally include navigation between user interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user, navigates device 100 to a main, home, or root menu from any user interface that is displayed on device 100. In such embodiments, a “menu button” is implemented using a touchpad. In some other embodiments, the menu button is a physical push button or other physical input control device instead of a touchpad.
Event sorter 170 receives event information and determines the application 136-1 and application view 191 of application 136-1 to which to deliver the event information. Event sorter 170 includes event monitor 171 and event dispatcher module 174. In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes application internal state 192, which indicates the current application view(s) displayed on touch-sensitive display 112 when the application is active or executing. In some embodiments, device/global internal state 157 is used by event sorter 170 to determine which application(s) is (are) currently active, and application internal state 192 is used by event sorter 170 to determine application views 191 to which to deliver event information.
In some embodiments, application internal state 192 includes additional information, such as one or more of: resume information to be used when application 136-1 resumes execution, user interface state information that indicates information being displayed or that is ready for display by application 136-1, a state queue for enabling the user to go back to a prior state or view of application 136-1, and a redo/undo queue of previous actions taken by the user.
Event monitor 171 receives event information from peripherals interface 118. Event information includes information about a sub-event (e.g., a user touch on touch-sensitive display 112, as part of a multi-touch gesture). Peripherals interface 118 transmits information it receives from I/O subsystem 106 or a sensor, such as proximity sensor 166, accelerometer(s) 168, and/or microphone 113 (through audio circuitry 110). Information that peripherals interface 118 receives from I/O subsystem 106 includes information from touch-sensitive display 112 or a touch-sensitive surface.
In some embodiments, event monitor 171 sends requests to the peripherals interface 118 at predetermined intervals. In response, peripherals interface 118 transmits event information. In other embodiments, peripherals interface 118 transmits event information only when there is a significant event (e.g., receiving an input above a predetermined noise threshold and/or for more than a predetermined duration).
In some embodiments, event sorter 170 also includes a hit view determination module 172 and/or an active event recognizer determination module 173.
Hit view determination module 172 provides software procedures for determining where a sub-event has taken place within one or more views when touch-sensitive display 112 displays more than one view. Views are made up of controls and other elements that a user can see on the display.
Another aspect of the user interface associated with an application is a set of views, sometimes herein called application views or user interface windows, in which information is displayed and touch-based gestures occur. The application views (of a respective application) in which a touch is detected optionally correspond to programmatic levels within a programmatic or view hierarchy of the application. For example, the lowest level view in which a touch is detected is, optionally, called the hit view, and the set of events that are recognized as proper inputs are, optionally, determined based, at least in part, on the hit view of the initial touch that begins a touch-based gesture.
Hit view determination module 172 receives information related to sub-events of a touch-based gesture. When an application has multiple views organized in a hierarchy, hit view determination module 172 identifies a hit view as the lowest view in the hierarchy which should handle the sub-event. In most circumstances, the hit view is the lowest level view in which an initiating sub-event occurs (e.g., the first sub-event in the sequence of sub-events that form an event or potential event). Once the hit view is identified by the hit view determination module 172, the hit view typically receives all sub-events related to the same touch or input source for which it was identified as the hit view.
Active event recognizer determination module 173 determines which view or views within a view hierarchy should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In some embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that only the hit view should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that all views that include the physical location of a sub-event are actively involved views, and therefore determines that all actively involved views should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, even if touch sub-events were entirely confined to the area associated with one particular view, views higher in the hierarchy would still remain as actively involved views.
Event dispatcher module 174 dispatches the event information to an event recognizer (e.g., event recognizer 180). In embodiments including active event recognizer determination module 173, event dispatcher module 174 delivers the event information to an event recognizer determined by active event recognizer determination module 173. In some embodiments, event dispatcher module 174 stores in an event queue the event information, which is retrieved by a respective event receiver 182.
In some embodiments, operating system 126 includes event sorter 170. Alternatively, application 136-1 includes event sorter 170. In yet other embodiments, event sorter 170 is a stand-alone module, or a part of another module stored in memory 102, such as contact/motion module 130.
In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes a plurality of event handlers 190 and one or more application views 191, each of which includes instructions for handling touch events that occur within a respective view of the application's user interface. Each application view 191 of the application 136-1 includes one or more event recognizers 180. Typically, a respective application view 191 includes a plurality of event recognizers 180. In other embodiments, one or more of event recognizers 180 are part of a separate module, such as a user interface kit or a higher level object from which application 136-1 inherits methods and other properties. In some embodiments, a respective event handler 190 includes one or more of: data updater 176, object updater 177, GUI updater 178, and/or event data 179 received from event sorter 170. Event handler 190 optionally utilizes or calls data updater 176, object updater 177, or GUI updater 178 to update the application internal state 192. Alternatively, one or more of the application views 191 include one or more respective event handlers 190. Also, in some embodiments, one or more of data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178 are included in a respective application view 191.
A respective event recognizer 180 receives event information (e.g., event data 179) from event sorter 170 and identifies an event from the event information. Event recognizer 180 includes event receiver 182 and event comparator 184. In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 also includes at least a subset of: metadata 183, and event delivery instructions 188 (which optionally include sub-event delivery instructions).
Event receiver 182 receives event information from event sorter 170. The event information includes information about a sub-event, for example, a touch or a touch movement. Depending on the sub-event, the event information also includes additional information, such as location of the sub-event. When the sub-event concerns motion of a touch, the event information optionally also includes speed and direction of the sub-event. In some embodiments, events include rotation of the device from one orientation to another (e.g., from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, or vice versa), and the event information includes corresponding information about the current orientation (also called device attitude) of the device.
Event comparator 184 compares the event information to predefined event or sub-event definitions and, based on the comparison, determines an event or sub-event, or determines or updates the state of an event or sub-event. In some embodiments, event comparator 184 includes event definitions 186. Event definitions 186 contain definitions of events (e.g., predefined sequences of sub-events), for example, event 1 (187-1), event 2 (187-2), and others. In some embodiments, sub-events in an event (187) include, for example, touch begin, touch end, touch movement, touch cancellation, and multiple touching. In one example, the definition for event 1 (187-1) is a double tap on a displayed object. The double tap, for example, comprises a first touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a first liftoff (touch end) for a predetermined phase, a second touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, and a second liftoff (touch end) for a predetermined phase. In another example, the definition for event 2 (187-2) is a dragging on a displayed object. The dragging, for example, comprises a touch (or contact) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a movement of the touch across touch-sensitive display 112, and liftoff of the touch (touch end). In some embodiments, the event also includes information for one or more associated event handlers 190.
In some embodiments, event definition 187 includes a definition of an event for a respective user-interface object. In some embodiments, event comparator 184 performs a hit test to determine which user-interface object is associated with a sub-event. For example, in an application view in which three user-interface objects are displayed on touch-sensitive display 112, when a touch is detected on touch-sensitive display 112, event comparator 184 performs a hit test to determine which of the three user-interface objects is associated with the touch (sub-event). If each displayed object is associated with a respective event handler 190, the event comparator uses the result of the hit test to determine which event handler 190 should be activated. For example, event comparator 184 selects an event handler associated with the sub-event and the object triggering the hit test.
In some embodiments, the definition for a respective event (187) also includes delayed actions that delay delivery of the event information until after it has been determined whether the sequence of sub-events does or does not correspond to the event recognizer's event type.
When a respective event recognizer 180 determines that the series of sub-events do not match any of the events in event definitions 186, the respective event recognizer 180 enters an event impossible, event failed, or event ended state, after which it disregards subsequent sub-events of the touch-based gesture. In this situation, other event recognizers, if any, that remain active for the hit view continue to track and process sub-events of an ongoing touch-based gesture.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 includes metadata 183 with configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how the event delivery system should perform sub-event delivery to actively involved event recognizers. In some embodiments, metadata 183 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how event recognizers interact, or are enabled to interact, with one another. In some embodiments, metadata 183 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate whether sub-events are delivered to varying levels in the view or programmatic hierarchy.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 activates event handler 190 associated with an event when one or more particular sub-events of an event are recognized. In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 delivers event information associated with the event to event handler 190. Activating an event handler 190 is distinct from sending (and deferred sending) sub-events to a respective hit view. In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 throws a flag associated with the recognized event, and event handler 190 associated with the flag catches the flag and performs a predefined process.
In some embodiments, event delivery instructions 188 include sub-event delivery instructions that deliver event information about a sub-event without activating an event handler. Instead, the sub-event delivery instructions deliver event information to event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or to actively involved views. Event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or with actively involved views receive the event information and perform a predetermined process.
In some embodiments, data updater 176 creates and updates data used in application 136-1. For example, data updater 176 updates the telephone number used in contacts module 137, or stores a video file used in video player module. In some embodiments, object updater 177 creates and updates objects used in application 136-1. For example, object updater 177 creates a new user-interface object or updates the position of a user-interface object. GUI updater 178 updates the GUI. For example, GUI updater 178 prepares display information and sends it to graphics module 132 for display on a touch-sensitive display.
In some embodiments, event handler(s) 190 includes or has access to data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178. In some embodiments, data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178 are included in a single module of a respective application 136-1 or application view 191. In other embodiments, they are included in two or more software modules.
It shall be understood that the foregoing discussion regarding event handling of user touches on touch-sensitive displays also applies to other forms of user inputs to operate multifunction devices 100 with input devices, not all of which are initiated on touch screens. For example, mouse movement and mouse button presses, optionally coordinated with single or multiple keyboard presses or holds; contact movements such as taps, drags, scrolls, etc. on touchpads; pen stylus inputs; movement of the device; oral instructions; detected eye movements; biometric inputs; and/or any combination thereof are optionally utilized as inputs corresponding to sub-events which define an event to be recognized.
Device 100 optionally also include one or more physical buttons, such as “home” or menu button 204. As described previously, menu button 204 is, optionally, used to navigate to any application 136 in a set of applications that are, optionally, executed on device 100. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI displayed on touch screen 112.
In some embodiments, device 100 includes touch screen 112, menu button 204, push button 206 for powering the device on/off and locking the device, volume adjustment button(s) 208, subscriber identity module (SIM) card slot 210, headset jack 212, and docking/charging external port 124. Push button 206 is, optionally, used to turn the power on/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefined time interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate an unlock process. In an alternative embodiment, device 100 also accepts verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through microphone 113. Device 100 also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165 for detecting intensity of contacts on touch screen 112 and/or one or more tactile output generators 167 for generating tactile outputs for a user of device 100.
Each of the above-identified elements in
Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces that are, optionally, implemented on, for example, portable multifunction device 100.
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- Signal strength indicator(s) 402 for wireless communication(s), such as cellular and Wi-Fi signals;
- Time 404;
- Bluetooth indicator 405;
- Battery status indicator 406;
- Tray 408 with icons for frequently used applications, such as:
- Icon 416 for telephone module 138, labeled “Phone,” which optionally includes an indicator 414 of the number of missed calls or voicemail messages;
- Icon 418 for e-mail client module 140, labeled “Mail,” which optionally includes an indicator 410 of the number of unread e-mails;
- Icon 420 for browser module 147, labeled “Browser;” and
- Icon 422 for video and music player module 152, also referred to as iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.) module 152, labeled “iPod;” and
- Icons for other applications, such as:
- Icon 424 for IM module 141, labeled “Messages;”
- Icon 426 for calendar module 148, labeled “Calendar;”
- Icon 428 for image management module 144, labeled “Photos;”
- Icon 430 for camera module 143, labeled “Camera;”
- Icon 432 for online video module 155, labeled “Online Video;”
- Icon 434 for stocks widget 149-2, labeled “Stocks;”
- Icon 436 for map module 154, labeled “Maps;”
- Icon 438 for weather widget 149-1, labeled “Weather;”
- Icon 440 for alarm clock widget 149-4, labeled “Clock;”
- Icon 442 for workout support module 142, labeled “Workout Support;”
- Icon 444 for notes module 153, labeled “Notes;” and
- Icon 446 for a settings application or module, labeled “Settings,” which provides access to settings for device 100 and its various applications 136.
It should be noted that the icon labels illustrated in
Although some of the examples that follow will be given with reference to inputs on touch screen display 112 (where the touch-sensitive surface and the display are combined), in some embodiments, the device detects inputs on a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the display, as shown in
Additionally, while the following examples are given primarily with reference to finger inputs (e.g., finger contacts, finger tap gestures, finger swipe gestures), it should be understood that, in some embodiments, one or more of the finger inputs are replaced with input from another input device (e.g., a mouse-based input or stylus input). For example, a swipe gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click (e.g., instead of a contact) followed by movement of the cursor along the path of the swipe (e.g., instead of movement of the contact). As another example, a tap gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click while the cursor is located over the location of the tap gesture (e.g., instead of detection of the contact followed by ceasing to detect the contact). Similarly, when multiple user inputs are simultaneously detected, it should be understood that multiple computer mice are, optionally, used simultaneously, or a mouse and finger contacts are, optionally, used simultaneously.
Exemplary techniques for detecting and processing touch intensity are found, for example, in related applications: International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US2013/040061, titled “Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying User Interface Objects Corresponding to an Application,” filed May 8, 2013, published as WIPO Publication No. WO/2013/169849, and International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US2013/069483, titled “Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Transitioning Between Touch Input to Display Output Relationships,” filed Nov. 11, 2013, published as WIPO Publication No. WO/2014/105276, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
In some embodiments, device 500 has one or more input mechanisms 506 and 508. Input mechanisms 506 and 508, if included, can be physical. Examples of physical input mechanisms include push buttons and rotatable mechanisms. In some embodiments, device 500 has one or more attachment mechanisms. Such attachment mechanisms, if included, can permit attachment of device 500 with, for example, hats, eyewear, earrings, necklaces, shirts, jackets, bracelets, watch straps, chains, trousers, belts, shoes, purses, backpacks, and so forth. These attachment mechanisms permit device 500 to be worn by a user.
Input mechanism 508 is, optionally, a microphone, in some examples. Personal electronic device 500 optionally includes various sensors, such as GPS sensor 532, accelerometer 534, directional sensor 540 (e.g., compass), gyroscope 536, motion sensor 538, and/or a combination thereof, all of which can be operatively connected to I/O section 514.
Memory 518 of personal electronic device 500 can include one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums, for storing computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or more computer processors 516, for example, can cause the computer processors to perform the techniques described below, including processes 700, 900, 1100, 1300, 1500, 1700, and 1900 (
As used here, the term “affordance” refers to a user-interactive graphical user interface object that is, optionally, displayed on the display screen of devices 100, 300, and/or 500 (
As used herein, the term “focus selector” refers to an input element that indicates a current part of a user interface with which a user is interacting. In some implementations that include a cursor or other location marker, the cursor acts as a “focus selector” so that when an input (e.g., a press input) is detected on a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touchpad 355 in
As used in the specification and claims, the term “characteristic intensity” of a contact refers to a characteristic of the contact based on one or more intensities of the contact. In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is based on multiple intensity samples. The characteristic intensity is, optionally, based on a predefined number of intensity samples, or a set of intensity samples collected during a predetermined time period (e.g., 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 seconds) relative to a predefined event (e.g., after detecting the contact, prior to detecting liftoff of the contact, before or after detecting a start of movement of the contact, prior to detecting an end of the contact, before or after detecting an increase in intensity of the contact, and/or before or after detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact). A characteristic intensity of a contact is, optionally, based on one or more of: a maximum value of the intensities of the contact, a mean value of the intensities of the contact, an average value of the intensities of the contact, a top 10 percentile value of the intensities of the contact, a value at the half maximum of the intensities of the contact, a value at the 90 percent maximum of the intensities of the contact, or the like. In some embodiments, the duration of the contact is used in determining the characteristic intensity (e.g., when the characteristic intensity is an average of the intensity of the contact over time). In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is compared to a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user. For example, the set of one or more intensity thresholds optionally includes a first intensity threshold and a second intensity threshold. In this example, a contact with a characteristic intensity that does not exceed the first threshold results in a first operation, a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the first intensity threshold and does not exceed the second intensity threshold results in a second operation, and a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the second threshold results in a third operation. In some embodiments, a comparison between the characteristic intensity and one or more thresholds is used to determine whether or not to perform one or more operations (e.g., whether to perform a respective operation or forgo performing the respective operation), rather than being used to determine whether to perform a first operation or a second operation.
In some embodiments, a portion of a gesture is identified for purposes of determining a characteristic intensity. For example, a touch-sensitive surface optionally receives a continuous swipe contact transitioning from a start location and reaching an end location, at which point the intensity of the contact increases. In this example, the characteristic intensity of the contact at the end location is, optionally, based on only a portion of the continuous swipe contact, and not the entire swipe contact (e.g., only the portion of the swipe contact at the end location). In some embodiments, a smoothing algorithm is, optionally, applied to the intensities of the swipe contact prior to determining the characteristic intensity of the contact. For example, the smoothing algorithm optionally includes one or more of: an unweighted sliding-average smoothing algorithm, a triangular smoothing algorithm, a median filter smoothing algorithm, and/or an exponential smoothing algorithm. In some circumstances, these smoothing algorithms eliminate narrow spikes or dips in the intensities of the swipe contact for purposes of determining a characteristic intensity.
The intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, characterized relative to one or more intensity thresholds, such as a contact-detection intensity threshold, a light press intensity threshold, a deep press intensity threshold, and/or one or more other intensity thresholds. In some embodiments, the light press intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will perform operations typically associated with clicking a button of a physical mouse or a trackpad. In some embodiments, the deep press intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will perform operations that are different from operations typically associated with clicking a button of a physical mouse or a trackpad. In some embodiments, when a contact is detected with a characteristic intensity below the light press intensity threshold (e.g., and above a nominal contact-detection intensity threshold below which the contact is no longer detected), the device will move a focus selector in accordance with movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface without performing an operation associated with the light press intensity threshold or the deep press intensity threshold. Generally, unless otherwise stated, these intensity thresholds are consistent between different sets of user interface figures.
An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the light press intensity threshold to an intensity between the light press intensity threshold and the deep press intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as a “light press” input. An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the deep press intensity threshold to an intensity above the deep press intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as a “deep press” input. An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the contact-detection intensity threshold to an intensity between the contact-detection intensity threshold and the light press intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as detecting the contact on the touch-surface. A decrease of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity above the contact-detection intensity threshold to an intensity below the contact-detection intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch-surface. In some embodiments, the contact-detection intensity threshold is zero. In some embodiments, the contact-detection intensity threshold is greater than zero.
In some embodiments described herein, one or more operations are performed in response to detecting a gesture that includes a respective press input or in response to detecting the respective press input performed with a respective contact (or a plurality of contacts), where the respective press input is detected based at least in part on detecting an increase in intensity of the contact (or plurality of contacts) above a press-input intensity threshold. In some embodiments, the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., a “down stroke” of the respective press input). In some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the press-input threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input).
In some embodiments, the display of representations 578A-578C includes an animation. For example, representation 578A is initially displayed in proximity of application icon 572B, as shown in
In some embodiments, the device employs intensity hysteresis to avoid accidental inputs sometimes termed “jitter,” where the device defines or selects a hysteresis intensity threshold with a predefined relationship to the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., the hysteresis intensity threshold is X intensity units lower than the press-input intensity threshold or the hysteresis intensity threshold is 75%, 90%, or some reasonable proportion of the press-input intensity threshold). Thus, in some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold that corresponds to the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input). Similarly, in some embodiments, the press input is detected only when the device detects an increase in intensity of the contact from an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity at or above the press-input intensity threshold and, optionally, a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact to an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the press input (e.g., the increase in intensity of the contact or the decrease in intensity of the contact, depending on the circumstances).
For ease of explanation, the descriptions of operations performed in response to a press input associated with a press-input intensity threshold or in response to a gesture including the press input are, optionally, triggered in response to detecting either: an increase in intensity of a contact above the press-input intensity threshold, an increase in intensity of a contact from an intensity below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity above the press-input intensity threshold, a decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and/or a decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to the press-input intensity threshold. Additionally, in examples where an operation is described as being performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of a contact below the press-input intensity threshold, the operation is, optionally, performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to, and lower than, the press-input intensity threshold.
As used herein, an “installed application” refers to a software application that has been downloaded onto an electronic device (e.g., devices 100, 300, and/or 500) and is ready to be launched (e.g., become opened) on the device. In some embodiments, a downloaded application becomes an installed application by way of an installation program that extracts program portions from a downloaded package and integrates the extracted portions with the operating system of the computer system.
As used herein, the terms “open application” or “executing application” refer to a software application with retained state information (e.g., as part of device/global internal state 157 and/or application internal state 192). An open or executing application is, optionally, any one of the following types of applications:
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- an active application, which is currently displayed on a display screen of the device that the application is being used on;
- a background application (or background processes), which is not currently displayed, but one or more processes for the application are being processed by one or more processors; and
- a suspended or hibernated application, which is not running, but has state information that is stored in memory (volatile and non-volatile, respectively) and that can be used to resume execution of the application.
As used herein, the term “closed application” refers to software applications without retained state information (e.g., state information for closed applications is not stored in a memory of the device). Accordingly, closing an application includes stopping and/or removing application processes for the application and removing state information for the application from the memory of the device. Generally, opening a second application while in a first application does not close the first application. When the second application is displayed and the first application ceases to be displayed, the first application becomes a background application.
Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”) and associated processes that are implemented on an electronic device, such as portable multifunction device 100, device 300, or device 500.
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In some embodiments, clock face 606 is displayed in the configuration depicted in
In some embodiments, device 600 ceases to display notification 614 (e.g., after notification 614 has been displayed for a threshold amount of time or in response to a user viewing the item (e.g., a newly received text message) associated with the notification). As used herein, a threshold can include a non-zero threshold (e.g., 0.5 seconds, 1 second).
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User interface 616 also includes affordance 616d to select the clock face corresponding to the currently centered representation for editing. In
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A user can swipe on touch-sensitive display 602 to switch to a different editing page, as shown by input 610c in
The third editing page provides capability to display complications at various locations on clock face 606. As shown in
In response to detecting input 610e (e.g., a press of input mechanism 604), device 600 exits clock face edit mode and returns to user interface, with representation 616a updated with the selected complications, as shown in
As described below, method 700 provides an intuitive way for displaying features of a clock face. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user interacting with a clock face, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to interact with a clock face faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The electronic device (e.g., 600) receives (702) a request to display a clock face (e.g., 606) (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application or notification screen to displaying the clock face) that includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements (e.g., 612) corresponding to respective units of time.
In response (704) to receiving the request to display the clock face (e.g., 606) and in accordance (706) with a determination that a respective graphical element (e.g., 614, 626) (e.g., a notification dot or a complication that was not included on the clock face prior to editing the face) is to be displayed at a respective location (e.g., 614, 624b) on the clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, the clock face with the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements (e.g., 612) (e.g., user interface elements) corresponding to respective units of time (e.g., marks, ticks, or indices indicating hours, minutes, or seconds) and the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements including a first analog-dial graphical element (e.g., 612a, 612b) that occupies a first position and has a first size while the respective graphical element is displayed at the respective location on the clock face (e.g., the position corresponds to an area that defines the shape, location and/or size of the first analog-dial graphical element). Displaying the first analog- dial graphical element such that it occupies a first position and has a first size while the respective graphical element is displayed at the respective location on the clock face in accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face performs an operation when a particular condition has been met, without requiring further user input, and provides improved visual feedback without cluttering the user interface with additional or oversized graphical elements. This allows a device to modify the analog-dial element such that the analog-dial element and the information provided by the respective graphical element are displayed without obscuring either element. Performing an operation when a particular condition has been met, without requiring further user input, and providing improved visual feedback without cluttering the user interface enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the analog-dial graphical elements are arranged in a circular pattern around a perimeter of the display. In some embodiments, the analog-dial graphical elements extend radially away from a central point on the clock face. In some embodiments the respective graphical element has a position that includes at least a portion of a display position of the first analog-dial graphical element when the respective graphical element is not displayed.
In accordance (708) with a determination that the respective graphical element (e.g., 614, 626) is not to be displayed at a respective location (e.g., 614, 624b) on the clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, the clock face. The clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time. The first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position (e.g.,
In some embodiments, the respective graphical element (e.g., 626) is a complication (e.g., a complication refers to any clock face feature other than those used to indicate the hours and minutes of a time (e.g., clock hands or hour/minute indications)) and the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements (e.g., 612) are positioned around the complication. In some embodiments, complications provide different types of information to a user, such as data obtained from an application. In some embodiments, the information conveyed to a user by a complication is customizable. In some embodiments, the second size (when the complication is not displayed) is larger than the first size (when the complication is displayed). In some embodiments, the first analog-dial graphical element (e.g., a tick) gets shorter but maintains the same general shape (e.g., rounded ends). In some embodiments, some analog-dial graphical elements (e.g., ticks) have two states (e.g., short and long) and other analog-dial graphical elements have only one state.
In some embodiments, the respective graphical element (e.g., 614) represents an alert notification (e.g., a small red dot), the second position (when the notification is not displayed) occupies at least a portion of the respective location on the clock face (the position of the notification dot), and the first position (when the notification is displayed) does not occupy at least a portion of the respective location on the clock face. In some embodiments, the first analog-dial graphical element (e.g., a tick) gets shorter but maintains the same general shape (e.g., rounded ends).
In some embodiments, while displaying the clock face with the respective graphical element displayed at the respective location and the first analog-dial graphical element occupying the first position and having the first size, the electronic device ceases to display the respective graphical element. In response to ceasing to display the respective graphical element, the electronic device replaces display of the first analog-dial graphical element occupying the first position and having the first size with display of the first analog-dial graphical element occupying the second position and having the second size. The first position occupies at least a portion of the second position and the second size is larger than the first size (e.g., the first analog-dial graphical element is displayed at the same position and size as before the respective graphical element was displayed).
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 700 (e.g.,
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User interface 806 includes a representation of clock face 800, element indicator 808 indicating the element that is selected for editing, and paging dots 812a-812d corresponding to first through fourth editing pages, respectively.
In response to detecting input 801b (e.g., a rotation of input mechanism 604), device 600 changes indication of time 802 from a mixed dial style, with numerals and ticks, to a California dial illustrated in
In some embodiments, editing the style of the dial of a clock face includes an animation.
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In response to detecting input 801c (e.g., a rotation of input mechanism 604), device 600 changes indication of time 802 from the California dial style to a dial style with a numeral at each hour marker, as illustrated in
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In response to detecting input 810f (e.g., rotation of input mechanism 604), device 600 sets the language setting to Latin and changes the display of the numerals in indication of time 802 from Hindi to Roman numerals, as illustrated in
In response to detecting input 810g (e.g., rotation of input mechanism 604), device 600 sets the language setting to Greek and changes the display of the numerals in indication of time 802 from Roman numerals to Greek, as illustrated in
In response to detecting input 810h (e.g., rotation of input mechanism 604), device 600 sets the language setting to Chinese and changes the display of the numerals in indication of time 802 from Greek to Chinese, as illustrated in
In response to detecting input 810i (e.g., a press of input mechanism 604), device 600 exits the clock face editing mode and displays clock face 813 with indication of time 802 displayed according to the last selected language, Chinese, while graphical element 804a and graphical element 804b remain displayed in English, as illustrated in
In
In response to detecting input 810o (e.g., a press of input mechanism 604), device 600 exits the settings menu and displays clock face 823 according to the selected system language setting, Greek. As illustrated in
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As described below, method 900 provides an intuitive way for selecting a language for a clock face. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for selecting a language for a clock face, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to select a language for a clock face faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The electronic device displays (902), via the display device, a first clock face (e.g., 800 in
The electronic device detects (904) a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 810a-810i) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time (e.g., 802) on the first clock face (e.g., 800) (e.g., enter a clock face editing mode, select a language-selection interface/page, select a different language, and confirm selection of clock face).
In response (906) to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a second clock face (e.g., 813). The second clock face includes the indication of time (e.g., 802). The indication of time is displayed in a third language (e.g., Chinese) different from the first language (e.g., English) (e.g., the language used for numerals on a digital face or an analog dial is changed) and the graphical element (e.g., 804a, 804b) is displayed in the second language (e.g., English) (e.g., the language of the graphical element is maintained). Displaying the second clock face with the indication of time in a third language different from the first language and the graphical element in the second language in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face provides improved feedback and allows a user to customize a clock face by selecting a particular language for the indication of time on the clock face without affecting other elements of the clock face, such as complications. This feature also provides additional customization options (e.g., language customization) without requiring the user to change a location associated with the entire device. Providing improved feedback and customization enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a rotatable input mechanism (e.g., 604) that is configured to rotate relative to a housing of the electronic device (e.g., around an axis parallel to a display of the electronic device). In some embodiments, the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to the request to change the language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face includes a rotation (e.g., 810e-810h) of the rotatable input mechanism.
In some embodiments, while the indication of time is displayed in the third language, the electronic device detects (908) data (e.g., a second sequence (e.g., 810j-810o) of one or more inputs (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable and depressible input mechanism), GPS data indicating that the electronic device has moved to a location with a different common language) corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the graphical element on the first clock face. In some embodiments, a system language is changed in a general settings menu. In some embodiments, the system language is changed based on geographic location.
In some embodiments, in response (910) to detecting the data corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the graphical element on the first clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a third clock face (e.g., 823). The third clock face includes the indication of time (e.g., 802) displayed in the third language (e.g., the current language of the indication of time is maintained) and the graphical element (e.g., 804a, 804b) displayed in a fourth language (e.g., Greek) different from the second language (e.g., English) (e.g., the language of the graphical element is changed). Displaying the third clock face with the graphical element in a fourth language different from the second language and the indication of time in the third language in response to detecting the data corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the graphical element on the first clock face provides improved feedback and allows a user to customize a clock face by selecting a particular language for graphical elements, such as complications, while maintaining a selected language for the indication of time. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, displaying the first clock face and/or the second clock face includes displaying the indication of time in a first color. In some embodiments, the electronic device receives a request to display a current clock face (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application or notification screen to displaying the clock face). In response to receiving the request to display a current clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a fourth clock face. The fourth clock face includes the indication of time displayed in a second color different from the first color (e.g., the color used for numerals on a digital face or an analog dial is changed) and the graphical element (e.g., the appearance of the graphical element is maintained). In some embodiments, changing color on wrist raise is a user-selectable option (e.g., in an edit mode).
In some embodiments, the indication of time includes a plurality of graphical elements. The plurality of graphical elements include a first graphical element representing a numeral (e.g., “3”, “III”) and a second graphical element distinct from a representation of a numeral (e.g., a tick mark) (e.g.,
In some embodiments, the indication of time includes an analog dial and displaying the first clock face and/or the second clock face includes displaying the analog dial according to a first style (e.g., all numerals dial (
In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a rotatable input mechanism (e.g., 604) configured to rotate relative to a housing of the electronic device and the sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 810b, 810c) corresponding to a request to change a style of the analog dial includes a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism. In some embodiments, displaying the fourth clock face includes fading out characters used to represent divisions of time (e.g., numerals and/or tick marks) in the analog dial displayed according to the first style along a first direction relative to a center of the analog dial (e.g., toward or away from the center of the analog dial) and then fading in characters used to represent divisions of time in the analog dial displayed according to the second style along a second direction relative to the center of the analog dial (e.g., toward or away from the center of the analog dial). In some embodiments, the first style fades out toward the center and the second style fades in away from the center. In some embodiments, the first style fades out away from the center and the second style fades in toward the center. In some embodiments, the first style fades out toward the center and the second style fades in toward the center. In some embodiments, the first style fades out away from the center and the second style fades in away from the center. In some embodiments, the characters used to represent divisions of time fade in and out in accordance with the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism.
In some embodiments, fading in the characters used to represent divisions of time displayed according to the second style begins after fading out the characters used to represent divisions of time displayed according to the first style is complete. In some embodiments, the second style begins fading in before the first style has finished fading out.
In some embodiments, the electronic device receives a request to display a current clock face (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application, an application-selection screen (springboard), or a notification screen to displaying the clock face). In response to receiving the request to display a current clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a fifth clock face including the indication of time and the graphical element. In some embodiments, the indication of time includes an analog dial and displaying the fifth clock face includes fading in characters used to represent divisions of time in the analog dial along a direction relative to a center of the analog dial (e.g., toward or away from the center of the analog dial).
In some embodiments (e.g.,
In some embodiments, the indication of time includes an analog dial and displaying the first clock face and/or the second clock face includes displaying the analog dial according to a first style (e.g., all numerals dial or California dial). In some embodiments, the electronic device detects a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to change a color of a clock face (e.g., enter a face editing mode, select a color-selection interface, select a color, and confirm selection of face). In some embodiments, color is adjusted after adjusting language. In some embodiments, in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a color of a clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a sixth clock face. The sixth clock includes the indication of time according to the request to change the color of the clock face and the graphical element according to the request to change the color of the clock face.
In some embodiments, the indication of time includes an hour indicator (e.g., 826a) (e.g., a digital numeral, hour hand, or one or more hour markers on an analog dial) displayed in a first color and a minute indicator (e.g., 826b) (e.g., a digital numeral, minute hand, or one or more minute markers on an analog dial) displayed in a second color different from the first color.
In some embodiments, the indication of time includes an hour indicator (e.g., a digital numeral, hour hand, or one or more hour markers on an analog dial) and a minute indicator (e.g., a digital numeral, minute hand, or one or more minute markers on an analog dial), and in accordance with a user selection of a first color for both the hour indicator and the minute indicator, the electronic device displays the hour indicator in a second color (e.g., the first color or a color different from the first color (e.g., a slightly darker shade of the first color) and the minute indicator in a third color different from the second color (e.g., a slightly darker or lighter shade of the second color).
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 900 (e.g.,
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User interface 1006 provides capability to select the number of color gradients included on the clock face. User interface 1006 includes a representation of clock face 1000, element indicator 1008 indicating the element that is selected for editing, and paging dots 1012a-1012b corresponding to first and second editing pages, respectively.
In response to detecting input 1001b (e.g., a rotation of input mechanism 604), device 600 displays clock face 1014 with two color gradients, color gradient 1016-1 and color gradient 1016-2, hour hand 1002a, minute hand 1002b, seconds hand 1002c, as illustrated in
Color gradient 1016-1 includes a gradual transition from the first color at first edge 1016-1a of color gradient 1016-1 to the second color at second edge 1016-1b of color gradient 1016-1. First edge 1016-1a and second edge 1016-1b are both selected based on a position of minute hand 1002b, with first edge 1016-1a located along the clockwise facing side of minute hand 1002b and second edge 1016-1b located 180 degrees around clock face 1014 from minute hand 1002b. Color gradient 1016-2 includes a gradual transition from the first color (e.g., a color that is the same or different than the first color of gradient 1016-1) at first edge 1016-2a of color gradient 1016-2 to the second color (e.g., a color that is the same or different than the second color of gradient 1016-1) at second edge 1016-2b of color gradient 1016-2. First edge 1016-2a and second edge 1008-2b are both selected based on the position of minute hand 1002b, with first edge 1016-1a located 180 degrees around clock face 1014 from minute hand 1002b and second edge 1016-1b located along the counterclockwise-facing side of minute hand 1002b.
In response to input 1010c (e.g., a press of input mechanism 604), device 600 exits clock face edit mode and displays clock face 1014 as shown in
Device 600 can also display a clock face with three color gradients. A user can edit the clock face to display three color gradients (or switch the clock face back to one color gradient) via the clock face edit mode described with reference to
Color gradient 1020-2 includes a gradual transition from the first color at first edge 1020-2a of color gradient 1020-2 to the second color at second edge 1020-2b of color gradient 1020-2. Based on the positions of clock hands 1002a-1002c in
Color gradient 1020-3 includes a gradual transition from the first color at first edge 1020-3a of color gradient 1020-3 to the second color at second edge 1020-3b of color gradient 1020-3. Based on the positions of clock hands 1002a-1002c in
As the relative positions of clock hands 1002a-1002c change (e.g., as time progresses), color gradients 1020-1, 1020-2, and 1020-3 change position (e.g., compress, expand, and/or rotate) in accordance with the change in positions of clock hands 1002a-1002c. For example, as time progresses and seconds hand 1002c gets closer to hour hand 1002a, color gradient 1020-1 gets smaller (e.g., compressed) and color gradient 1020-3 gets larger (e.g., expanded).
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Analogous changes in the positions and sizes of color gradients 1020-1, 1020-2, and 1020-3, and in the relationships between color gradients 1020-1, 1020-2, and 1020-3 and clock hands 1002a-1002c, occurs when seconds hand 1002c passes minute hand 1002b and when minute hand 1002b passes hour hand 1002a. For example, as time progresses from
As described below, method 1100 provides an intuitive way for displaying gradients on a clock face. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for displaying gradients on a clock face, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to display gradients on a clock face faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The electronic device displays (1102), via the display device, a first clock face (e.g., 1000, 1014). The first clock face includes a plurality of clock hands (e.g., 1002a, 1002b, 1002c) including a first clock hand (e.g., 1002b) (e.g., an hour, minute, or second hand) and a second clock hand (e.g., 1002a) (e.g., another one of an hour, minute, or second hand) and a color gradient (e.g., 1004, 1016a, 1016b) of the first clock face. The color gradient of the first clock face includes a gradual transition from a first color at a first edge (e.g., 1004a, 1016a) of the color gradient of the first clock face to a second color at a second edge (e.g., 1004b, 1016b) of the color gradient of the first clock face (e.g., a color gradient that varies based on direction from an origin; an angular gradient; a conic gradient; the color gradient has the first color at a first edge of the gradient, which is located along a first direction from the origin, and the second color at a second edge of the gradient, which is located along a second direction from the origin; the color changes gradually (e.g., smoothly or in increments) with angle from the first color to the second color; the term “color” refers to different hues, tones, shades, tints, including but is not limited to, black, white, and gray; in some embodiments, the first color and/or the second color is user selectable). The first edge (e.g., 1004a, 1016a) of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand (e.g., 1002b) of the first clock face and the second edge (e.g., 1004b, 1016b) of the color gradient of the first clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand (e.g., 1002b) of the first clock face. Displaying a gradient based on the position of a clock hand of a plurality of clock hands as described above provides improved visual feedback by presenting a clear visual indication of the value of the unit of time represented by the clock hand and providing a dynamic user interface. Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
The electronic device detects (1104) a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 1010a-1010c) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face (e.g., enter a face editing mode, select a gradient style-selection interface, select a different number of gradients, and confirm selection of face).
In response (1106) to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a second clock face (e.g., 1018). The second clock face includes the plurality of clock hands including the first clock hand (e.g., 1002b) (e.g., the same first clock hand (i.e., hour, minute, or second hand) as on the first clock face) and the second clock hand (e.g., 1002a) (e.g., the same second clock hand (i.e., hour, minute, or second hand) as on the first clock face) and a first color gradient (e.g., 1020-3) of the second clock face. The first color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge (e.g., 1020-3a) of the first color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge (e.g., 1020-3b) of the first color gradient of the second clock face. The first edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the first clock hand (e.g., 1002b) of the second clock face and the second edge of the first color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand (e.g., 1002a) of the second clock face. The second clock face further includes a second color gradient (e.g., 1020-2) of the second clock face. The second color gradient of the second clock face includes a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge (e.g., 1020-2a) of the second color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge (e.g., 1020-2b) of the second color gradient of the second clock face. The second edge of the color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on the position of the first clock hand (e.g., 1002b) of the second clock face. Displaying a clock face with two gradients in response to detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, where the display of the two gradients are based on the positions of two clock hand as described above provides improved visual feedback by allowing for customization of the clock face, presenting a clear visual indication of the values of the units of time represented by the two clock hands, and providing a dynamic user interface. Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the first clock hand (e.g., 1002c) of the first clock face indicates (e.g., represents) seconds of time.
In some embodiments, the first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand of the second clock face (e.g., minute hand 1002b defines one transition between the two gradients; the second transition is defined by the hour hand or a fixed position (e.g., vertically from center of clock upward, 180 degrees from the minutes hand)). In some embodiments, the two gradients follow the hour hand (e.g., 1002a) or the seconds hand (e.g., 1002c).
In some embodiments, the plurality of clock hands (e.g., 1002a-1002c) of the second clock face includes a third clock hand (e.g., 1002c), and the first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the third clock hand of the second clock face (e.g., the first edge of the second color gradient of the second clock face is located along the third clock hand of the second clock face; the second color gradient starts at the third clock hand and ends at the first clock hand).
In some embodiments, the second clock face includes a third color gradient (e.g., 1020-1) of the second clock face. The third color gradient of the second clock face including a gradual transition from the first color at a first edge (e.g., 1020-1a) of the third color gradient of the second clock face to the second color at a second edge (e.g., 1020-1b) of the third color gradient of the second clock face. The first edge of the third color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the second clock hand (e.g., 1002a) of the second clock face (e.g., the first edge of the third color gradient of the second clock face is located along the second clock hand of the second clock face) and the second edge of the color gradient of the second clock face is selected based on a position of the third clock hand (e.g., 1002c) of the second clock face (e.g., the second edge of the third color gradient of the second clock face is located along the third clock hand of the second clock face; the third color gradient starts at the second clock hand of the second clock face and ends at the third clock hand of the second clock face). Displaying a clock face with three gradients, where the display of the three gradients are based on the positions of three clock hand as described above provides improved visual feedback by allowing for customization of the clock face, presenting a clear visual indication of the values of the units of time represented by the three clock hands, and providing a dynamic user interface. Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, detecting the sequence of one or more inputs includes detecting a first input (e.g., 1010a) in the sequence of inputs. In response to detecting the first input, the electronic device displays a clock face editing user interface (e.g., 1006). While displaying the clock face editing user interface, the electronic device detects a second sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 1010b, 1010c) that is a subset of the first sequence of one or more inputs.
In some embodiments, a spatial extent of the first color gradient of the second clock face is different from a spatial extent of the second color gradient of the second clock face (e.g., the angle between the edges of the first color gradient of the second clock face (e.g., X degrees) is different from the angle between the edges of the second color gradient of the second clock face (e.g., 360−X degrees)).
In some embodiments, displaying the second clock face includes, in accordance with the first clock hand of the second clock face having a first position relative to the second clock hand of the second clock face, the first color gradient of the second clock face has a first spatial extent, and in accordance with the first clock hand of the second clock face having a second position relative to the second clock hand of the second clock face different from the first position relative to the second clock hand of the second clock face, the first color gradient of the second clock face has a second spatial extent different from the first spatial extent.
In some embodiments, the second color is selected (e.g., algorithmically) based on the first color and is not user-configurable. In some embodiments, the first color is selected by a user or is based on an accessory of the electronic device (e.g., the color of a watch band). In some embodiments, the second color is determined (e.g., by the electronic device) according to an algorithm that uses the first color as an input. In some embodiments, selection of a monochrome color scheme switches the clock face from multicolor to black and white plus an accent color for less than half of the elements on the face.
In some embodiments, the first color is a first shade of grey in a range of greys including black and while, and the second color is a second shade of grey in the range of greys including black and white. In some embodiments, the first color is different from the second color.
In some embodiments, the first clock hand includes the first color and the second clock hand includes the second color.
In some embodiments, after displaying the second clock face including the first color gradient of the second clock face and the second color gradient of the second clock face, the electronic device receives a request to display a current clock face (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application, an application-selection screen (springboard), a change in current time, or a notification screen to displaying the clock face). In response to receiving the request to display a current clock face and in accordance with a determination that the position of the first clock hand corresponds to the position of the second clock hand (e.g.,
In some embodiments, after displaying, via the display device, the second clock face with the first color gradient of the second clock face and without the second color gradient of the second clock face, the electronic device receives a second request to display a current clock face (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application, an application-selection screen (springboard), a change in current time, or a notification screen to displaying the clock face). In response to receiving the second request to display a current clock face and in accordance with a determination that the position of the first clock hand corresponds to the position of the second clock hand (e.g., hour and minute hands still overlap), the electronic device displays, via the display device, the second clock face with the first color gradient of the second clock face and without the second color gradient of the second clock face. In response to receiving the second request to display a current clock face and in accordance with a determination that the position of the first clock hand does not correspond to the position of the second clock hand (e.g., second hand moving past the minute hand or minute hand moving past the hour hand), the electronic device displays, via the display device, the second clock face with the first color gradient of the second clock face and with the second color gradient of the second clock face.
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 1100 (e.g.,
Digital indication of time 1202 includes numerals. In some embodiments, the color of the numerals in digital indication of time 1202 is based on the position of the numerals relative to the segment. For example, segment 1204 is a first color or pattern, the portion of the numerals that overlaps with segment 1204 is displayed in a second color or pattern that is different from the color or pattern of segment 1204, and the portion of the numerals that does not overlap with segment 1204 is displayed in a third color or pattern that is different from the color of the portion that overlaps with segment 1204. In some embodiments, the first and third colors are the same. In
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User interface 1212 includes a representation of clock face 1200, element indicator 1214 indicating the element that is selected for editing, and paging dots 1216a-1216d corresponding to first through fourth editing pages, respectively.
In response to input 1210b (e.g., a swipe), device 600 displays the second editing page as indicated by paging dot 1216b in
In response to input 1210d (e.g., a swipe), device 600 displays the third editing page as indicated by paging dot 1216c in
In response to input 1210f (e.g., a swipe), device 600 displays the fourth editing page as indicated by paging dot 1216d in
As described below, method 1300 provides an intuitive way for providing a clock face. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for providing a clock face, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to interface with a clock face faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The electronic device receives (1302) a request to display a clock face (e.g., 1200) (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application or notification screen to displaying the clock face).
In response (1304) to receiving the request to display the clock face and in accordance (1306) with a determination that a current time is a first time (e.g., 10:09), the electronic device displays, via the display device, a clock face (e.g., 1200). The clock face at the first time includes a digital indication of time (e.g., 1202) (e.g., numerals) indicating the first time and a segment (e.g., 1204) (e.g., a visually distinguishable portion of the clock face). The segment includes a first edge (e.g., 1204-1) at a first position (e.g., angular position) and a second edge (e.g., 1204-2) at a second position (e.g., angular position; the edges are boundaries of the segment between the segment and another portion or segment of the clock face; the first edge extends radially from an origin (e.g., the center of a display of the electronic device) in a first direction and the second edge extending radially from the origin in a second direction). In some embodiments, the edges are straight lines that begin at the origin and extend to (e.g., stop at) a boundary of the display (e.g., 602) and/or the clock face (e.g., to the perimeter of a circular clock face that does not extend to the edge of the display) or equivalently, straight lines that begin at a boundary of the display and/or the clock face and extend to (e.g., stop at) the origin). In some embodiments, the segment is a portion of a background of the clock face (e.g., the digital indication of time is displayed in front of the background, including the segment if the segment overlaps with the digital indication of time). The first edge at the first position indicates a first unit of time (e.g., hour) of the first time (e.g., the position of the first edge, as defined by the origin and the angular orientation of the edge, indicates the hour of the first time) and the second edge at the second position indicates a second unit of time (e.g., minute) of the first time (e.g., the position of the second edge, as defined by the origin and the angular orientation of the edge, indicates the minute of the first time).
In response (1304) to receiving the request to display the clock face and in accordance (1308) with a determination that a current time is a second time (e.g., 10:30) different from the first time, the electronic device displays, via the display device, the clock face (e.g., 1200). The clock face at the second time includes the digital indication of time (e.g., 1202) indicating the second time and the segment (e.g., 1204) including the first edge (e.g., 1204-1) and the second edge (e.g., 1204-2). The first edge is at a third position and the second edge is at a fourth position. The first edge at the third position indicates a first unit of time (e.g., hour) of the second time (e.g., the position of the first edge, as defined by the origin and the angular orientation of the edge, indicates the hour of the second time) and the second edge at the fourth position indicates a second unit of time (e.g., minute) of the second time (e.g., the position of the second edge, as defined by the origin and the angular orientation of the edge, indicates the minute of the second time). Displaying a clock face with a digital indication of time and a segment, where the positions of the edges of the segment vary based on a determination of whether a current time is a first time or a second time as described above provides improved visual feedback by presenting a clear visual indication of the current time and providing a dynamic user interface. Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the segment (e.g., 1204) is a first segment and the clock face includes a second segment (e.g., 1208) (e.g., the first segment is clockwise from the first edge to the second edge; the second segment is clockwise from the second edge to the first edge). In some embodiments, in accordance with the determination that the current time is the first time, the first segment occupies a first portion of the clock face and the second segment occupies a second portion of the clock face that does not include the first portion. In some embodiments, in accordance with the determination that the current time is the second time, the second segment occupies at least part of the first portion of the clock face (e.g., one segment gets larger as the other gets smaller).
In some embodiments, in accordance with the determination that the current time is the first time, the segment includes a first color. In some embodiments, in accordance with the determination that the current time is the second time, the segment includes a second color different from the first color (e.g., the segment changes color each hour; at the first time (e.g., 10:09 am), the segment has a first color (e.g., white) clockwise from the first edge (e.g., hour indicator) to the second edge (e.g., minute indicator); at the second time (e.g., 11:09 am), the segment has a second color (e.g., black) clockwise from the first edge (e.g., hour indicator) to the second edge (e.g., minute indicator)).
In some embodiments, in accordance with the determination that the current time is the first time (e.g., 10:09), a portion (e.g., minute digits) of the digital indication of time includes a third color (e.g., white), and in accordance with the determination that the current time is the second time (e.g., 11:00), the portion (e.g., minute digits) of the digital indication of time includes a fourth color (e.g., black) different from the third color. Displaying a portion of the digital indication of time in a third color in accordance with the determination that the current time is the first time and in a fourth color different from the third color in accordance with the determination that the current time is the second time provides improved visual feedback by presenting a clear visual distinction between the segment and the digital indication of time and providing a dynamic user interface. Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the clock face at the first time further includes a complication (e.g., 1206) (e.g., a complication refers to any clock face feature other than those used to indicate the hours and minutes of a time (e.g., clock hands or hour/minute indications). In some embodiments, complications provide different types of information to a user, such as data obtained from an application). In some embodiments, the information conveyed to a user by a complication is customizable. In some embodiments, the segment overlaps the complication at the first time (e.g., completely overlaps), and in accordance with a determination that the segment overlaps the complication at the first time, the complication includes a fifth color. In some embodiments, the clock face at the second time further includes the complication, the segment does not overlap the complication at the second time (e.g., the portions of the clock face occupied by the segment and the complication are mutually exclusive), and in accordance with a determination that the segment does not overlap the complication at the second time, the complication includes a sixth color different from the fifth color. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the complication partially overlaps the segment (e.g.,
In some embodiments, in response to receiving the request to display the clock face, the clock face is displayed without clock hands. In some embodiments, the electronic device detects a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 1210a-1210h) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face (e.g., enter a face editing mode, select a style-selection interface, select a different style, and confirm selection of face). In response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face (e.g., 1200), the electronic device displays, via the display device, the clock face including one or more clock hands (e.g., 1218a, 1218b) (e.g., the electronic device displays the clock face in accordance with the selected style; select style in editing mode). In some embodiments, the clock hands align with edges of the segment.
In some embodiments, in response to receiving the request to display the clock face, the segment extends to an edge of the display device (e.g.,
In some embodiments, after displaying the clock face in response to receiving the request to display the clock face, the electronic device detects a third sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 1210a-1210h) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face (e.g., enter a face editing mode, select a style-selection interface, select a different style, and confirm selection of face). In response to detecting the third sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, the clock face without the segment (e.g.,
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 1300 (e.g.,
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Clock face 1400 includes notification 1408. According to the format of clock face 1400, notification 1408 is located near the top of clock face 1400 and offset horizontally from the middle of clock face 1400 (e.g., notification 1408 is not centered horizontally on clock face 1400). In
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User interface 1412 includes a representation of clock face 1400, element indicator 1414 indicating the element that is selected for editing, and paging dots 1416a-1416c corresponding to first through third editing pages, respectively.
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In response to detecting input 1410c (e.g., a swipe), device 600 switches to the second editing page as indicated by paging dot 1416b in
In response to detecting input 1410e (e.g., a swipe), device 600 switches to the third editing page as indicated by paging dot 1416c in
In response to detecting input 1410g (e.g., a press of input mechanism 604), device 600 exits the clock face edit mode and displays clock face 1422, as edited, in
As described below, method 1500 provides an intuitive way for providing a clock face. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for interacting with an electronic device, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to interact with the device faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The electronic device displays (1502), via the display device, a first clock face (e.g., 1400 in
The electronic device detects (1504) a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 1410a-1410g) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face (e.g., enter a face editing mode, select a face element-selection interface, select the indication of time, select a different indication of time, and confirm selection of face).
In response (1506) to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a second clock face (e.g., 1422). The second clock face has the respective layout including a second indication of time (e.g., 1424) presented according to a second format different from the first format (e.g., change the indication of time from analog to digital or from digital to analog) at the first location (e.g., 1406a) in the respective layout, and the first complication (e.g., 1404a) at the second location (e.g., 1406b) in the respective layout. Displaying the second clock face with the respective layout including (1) a second indication of time presented according to a second format different from the first format at the first location in the respective layout and (2) the first complication at the second location in the respective layout in response to detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face provides improved visual feedback and allows a user to customize a clock face by selecting a particular format for the indication of time on the clock face without affecting other elements of the clock face, such as the first complication. Performing an operation when a particular condition has been met, without requiring further user input, and providing improved visual feedback without cluttering the user interface enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the first clock face (e.g., 1400) includes a second complication (e.g., 1404b) at a third location (e.g., 1406c) in the respective layout. In some embodiments, the second complication is concurrently displayed with the first complication on the first clock face, and the second clock face includes the second complication at the third location in the respective layout. In some embodiments, the second complication is concurrently displayed with the first complication on the second clock face.
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit the first clock face and before displaying the second clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a clock face editing interface (e.g., 1412) including concurrently displaying a representation (e.g., 1415a-1415c) of the first complication and a representation (1415a-1415c) of the second complication (e.g.,
In some embodiments, the first complication (e.g., 1404c) occupies a rectangular region (e.g., 1406d) at the first location in the respective layout and the second complication (e.g., 1404b) occupies a circular region (e.g., 1406c) at the second location in the respective layout.
In some embodiments, the first format of the first indication of time includes a digital indication of time (e.g., 1402-1) that includes a numerical representation of an hour (e.g., 1402-1a), a numeral representation of a minute (e.g., 1402-1b), and a plurality of elements (e.g., 1402-2) arranged around the numerical representations of the hour and minute. In some embodiments, the plurality of elements (e.g., 1402-2) represent seconds and indicate a current second (e.g., by changing appearance).
In some embodiments, the electronic device receives first data representing a first alert. In response to receiving the data representing the alert, the electronic device displays a notification (e.g., 1408) (e.g., a dot) at a first location on the display device. In some embodiments, the electronic device detects a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 610a) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to select a clock face with a second layout different from the respective layout (e.g., enter a clock face selection mode, select a clock face different face, and confirm selection of the face). In response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to select a clock face with a second layout different from the respective layout, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a third clock face (e.g., 606) that has the second layout. In some embodiments, while displaying the third clock face (e.g., 606) that has the second layout, the electronic device receives second data representing a second alert. In response to receiving the second data representing the second alert, the electronic device displays a second notification (e.g., 614) (e.g., a dot) at a second location on the display device different from the first location on the display device. Displaying a notification at different locations on a display for clock face with different element layouts provides improved feedback by allowing the notification to be displayed while being able to maintain the layout of the clock face. The notification can be moved based on the layout of the clock face instead of, e.g., modifying the layout, displaying the notification at a location that obscures another element of the clock face, or refraining from displaying the notification. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the first complication occupies a first region (e.g., 1406d) that has a first display size and the first indication of time occupies a second region (e.g., 1406a) that has a second display size smaller than the first display size.
In some embodiments, the second clock face is displayed according to a first (e.g., multicolor) color scheme. In some embodiments, the electronic device detects a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 1410a-1410g) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to edit a color scheme of a clock face (e.g., enter a clock face editing mode, select a color scheme, and confirm selection of the face). In response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit a color scheme of a clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a fourth clock face (e.g., 1422) according to a second color scheme (e.g., monochrome). In some embodiments, the fourth clock face includes a plurality of elements consisting of a first set of elements (e.g., 1404a-1404c) and a second set of elements (e.g., 1424a, 1424b, 1420). In some embodiments, the first set of elements include a majority of the plurality of elements. In some embodiments, the first set of elements are displayed in two or more shades selected from a range of colors from a first color to a second color (e.g., a range of greyscale colors from black to white) and the second set of elements are displayed in an accent color that is outside of the range of colors.
In some embodiments, the second set of elements (e.g., 1424a, 1424b, 1420) are included in the indication of time (e.g., 1424) or represent data from an application (e.g., the stock application corresponding to 1404c).
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 1500 (e.g.,
Clock face 1600 includes a representation 1606 indicating a position of the Sun (e.g., relative to a location on Earth (e.g., corresponding to the current location of device 600)) at the displayed time. The position of representation 1606 with respect to analog dial 1602 indicates the same time indicated by inset time indication 1604 (e.g., the current time). As time progresses, representation 1606 moves around a circular path 1607 that has a common origin with the circular path around which inset time indication 1604 moves. As illustrated in
Clock face 1600 includes a segment 1614 with a first edge 1614a indicating a sunrise time on analog dial 1602 and a second edge 1614b indicating a sunset time on analog dial 1602. The angular extent of segment 1614 clockwise from first edge 1614a to second edge 1641b represents the length of the day from sunrise to sunset.
Clock face 1600 also includes points of interest 1608a-1608e at designated times on path 1607 along which representation 1606 moves. Points of interest 1608a-1608e indicate events (e.g., astronomical solar events, such as dawn 1608a, sunrise 1608b, solar noon 1608c, sunset 1608d, and dusk 1608e) throughout the day. The position of a point of interest relative to analog dial 1602 indicates the time of the corresponding event.
At a later time 8:00 pm, after sunset and before sunrise, device 600 receives a second request to display the clock face (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application or notification screen to displaying the clock face). In response to receiving the second request to display the clock face, device 600 displays clock face 1600 indicating the second time, as shown in
In some embodiments, the visual characteristics of the representation indicating the position of the Sun change over time. For example, between sunset and sunrise, the representation indicating the position of the Sun is displayed with an appearance that more closely represents the Moon than the Sun (e.g., representation 1606 is displayed without rays) or, as illustrated in
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User interface 1616 includes a representation of clock face 1600 and element indicator 1618 indicating the element that is selected for editing. In
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User interface 1620 also includes current time indicator 1628 (which indicates the current time), offset indicator 1630 (which indicates the offset between the non-current time and the current time (e.g., −1:10)), and wedge 1632 (which visually illustrates the offset on analog dial 1602 between the current time and the non-current time).
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As described below, method 1700 provides an intuitive way for providing a clock face. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for interacting with an electronic device, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to interact with the device faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The electronic device receives (1702) a first request to display a clock face (e.g., 1600) (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application or notification screen to displaying the clock face).
In response (1704) to receiving the first request to display the clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, a clock face (e.g., 1600) with an indication of a first time (e.g., a current time). The clock face at the first time includes an analog dial (e.g., 1602) representing a twenty-four hour time period (e.g., a circular dial with hour markers evenly spaced angularly around the perimeter of the circle, representing 24 hours (as opposed to 12 hours). In some embodiments, the analog dial is oriented with the zero hour (midnight) at the bottom of the dial and the twelfth hour (noon) at the top of the dial. In some embodiments, the analog dial is contained within a first area of the watch face representing a first clock face. The clock face at the first time further includes an inset time indication (e.g., 1604) (e.g., an analog clock face with an hour hand and, optionally, a minute hand and/or a second hand indicating time) at a first position on the clock face inside the analog dial (e.g., the inset time indication is completely contained within an outer perimeter of the analog dial). The inset time indication indicates the first time. In some embodiments, the inset time indication includes a digital indication of time (e.g.,
The electronic device receives (1706) a second request to display the clock face (e.g., 1600) (e.g., a wrist raise gesture, a request to switch from viewing an application or notification screen to displaying the clock face)
In response (1708) to receiving the second request to display the clock face, the electronic device displays, via the display device, the clock face with an indication of a second time that is different from the first time. The clock face at the second time includes the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period and the inset time indication at a second position on the clock face inside the analog dial different from the first position on the clock face inside the analog dial. The inset time indication indicates the second time (e.g., the inset time indication moves along a circular path, where the distance between a first position on the path and a second position on the path is directly proportional to the amount of time between the first time and the second time). In some embodiments, the inset time indication moves continuously at a constant rate. In some embodiments, the inset time indication moves to discrete positions at discrete times. In some embodiments, the inset time indication makes half of a revolution around a circular path in twelve hours and a complete revolution around a circular path in twenty-hour hours. In some embodiments, the angular orientation of the inset time indication relative to the clock face (e.g., 1600) and/or analog dial (e.g., 1602) remains constant (e.g., the inset time indication remains upright with 12 o'clock in the vertical up direction). Displaying the clock face at the second time with the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period and the inset time indication at a second position on the clock face inside the analog dial different from the first position on the clock face inside the analog dial, where the inset time indication indicates the second time, allows the inset time indication to display the current time while moving to a position inside the analog dial that does not interfere with other graphical elements within the analog dial (e.g., representation 1606 of the Sun) whose position(s) relative to the analog dial provide information (e.g., current time and/or position of the Sun). This provides improved visual feedback without cluttering the user interface. Providing improved visual feedback without cluttering the user interface enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the second position of the inset time indication relative to the first position of the inset time indication is based on an amount of time between the second time and the first time.
In some embodiments, the first position of the inset time indication is selected based on the first time (e.g., opposite to an hour hand in the 24 hour analog dial) and the second position of the inset time indication is selected based on the second time (e.g., opposite to the hour hand in the 24 hour analog dial).
In some embodiments, the inset time indication is offset from a center of the analog dial representing a twenty-four hour time period (e.g., the inset time indication moves along a circular path with a common origin as the analog dial and inside the analog dial).
In some embodiments, the clock face at the first time further includes a representation (e.g., 1606, 1612) indicating a position of the Sun (e.g., relative to a location on Earth) at the first time. In some embodiments, the representation (e.g., 1606, 1612) is at a third position on the clock face inside the analog dial at the first time. In some embodiments, the clock face at the second time further includes the representation indicating a position of the Sun at the second time. In some embodiments, the representation is at a fourth position on the clock face inside the analog dial at the second time different from the third position on the clock face inside the analog dial (e.g., the representation of the Sun moves around a circular path). In some embodiments, the angular separation between the representation of the Sun and the inset time indication remains constant (e.g., 180 degrees apart).
In some embodiments, the third position on the clock face relative to the analog dial indicates the first time, and the fourth position on the clock face relative to the analog dial indicates the second time.
In some embodiments, the inset time indication moves from the first position on the clock face to the second position on the clock face around an origin and along a first circular path. In some embodiments, the representation indicating the position of the Sun moves from the third position on the clock face to the fourth position on the clock face around the origin (and along a second circular path (e.g., 1607). In some embodiments, an angular separation relative to the origin between the inset time indication and the representation indicating the position of the Sun remains constant over time (e.g., 180 degrees; the inset time indication is offset 12 hours on the 24 hour dial from the representation of the Sun/moon; the angular separation relative to the origin between the first position and the third position is the same as an angular separation relative to the origin between the second position and the fourth position).
In some embodiments, the representation indicating the position of the Sun is displayed in a first color at the first time and a second color different from the first color at the second time. In some embodiments, the color of the representation of the position of the Sun is based on the time of day (e.g., the representation is nearly white at solar noon and tinted red near sunset).
In some embodiments, in accordance with a current time corresponding to a time between sunrise and sunset, the electronic device displays a first element representing the Sun (e.g., 1606). In some embodiments, in accordance with a current time corresponding to a time between sunset and sunrise, the electronic device displays a second element representing the Moon (e.g., 1612).
In some embodiments, the clock face includes a segment (e.g., 1614) (e.g., a circular sector) with a first edge indicating a sunrise time (e.g., 1614a) on the analog dial (e.g., the position of the first edge relative to the analog dial is selected based on the sunrise time) and a second edge (e.g., 1614b) indicating a sunset time on the analog dial (e.g., the position of the second edge relative to the analog dial is selected based on the sunset time. In some embodiments, the segment occupies an angular extent clockwise from the first edge to the second edge. In some embodiments, the angular extent clockwise from the first edge to the second edge is a first color (representing the time from sunrise to sunset), and the angular extent counterclockwise from the first edge to the second edge is a second color (representing the time from sunset to sunrise the next day). Displaying a clock face with a segment, where the positions of the edges of the segment indicate sunrise and sunset time as described above provides improved visual feedback by presenting a clear visual indication of the sunrise and sunset times. Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the position and size of the segment is selected based on a time of year and a geographic location associated with the electronic device (e.g., a location on Earth) (e.g., wedge narrows/widens based on the time of year and the location on Earth; wedge rotates based on location (e.g., sunrise/sunset rotate clockwise as you move west within a time zone)).
In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a rotatable input mechanism (e.g., 604) that rotates relative to a frame of the electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device detects a rotation (e.g., 1610e, 1610f) of the rotatable input mechanism and in response to detecting the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, the electronic device moves the inset time indication to a third position on the clock face inside the analog dial. In some embodiments, the inset time indication indicates a third time different from a current time (e.g., the configuration/state of the elements of the clock face correspond to the third time). Moving the inset time indication in response to input provides improved visual feedback by allowing, for example, the inset time indication to be moved to a position that does not obscure other graphical elements inside the analog dial (e.g., graphical elements representing designated time). Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, the electronic device displays an indication (e.g., 1630, 1632) of an offset between the third time and current time. In some embodiments, the offset is indicated by a position of the indication relative to the analog dial (e.g., a line from the center of the analog dial to the current time as represented on the analog dial). In some embodiments, the indication includes text (e.g., “NOW 2:00 OFFSET −1:10”).
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, the electronic device displays an indication (e.g., 1624) of a length of a day (e.g., the amount of time from sunrise to sunset).
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and in accordance with a determination that the third time corresponds to a designated time (e.g., Solar Noon), the electronic device displays an indication (e.g., 1626) of an event corresponding to the designated time (e.g., an information point, such as solar noon, sunset). In some embodiments, the clock face includes a representation (e.g., 1608a-1608e) (e.g., a dot) of an event (e.g., a designated time; a point of interest; solar noon, sunset, sunrise, dawn, dusk, civil twilight, nautical twilight, astronomical twilight). In some embodiments, the representation of the event is at a position on the clock face (e.g., on the path of the representation of the position of the Sun), where the position of the representation is relative to the analog dial and indicates a time of the event.
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and in accordance with a determination that the third time corresponds to a designated time, the electronic device provides a tactile output (e.g., 1634). In some embodiments, providing the tactile output in accordance with a determination that the third time corresponds to a designated time includes providing the tactile output with a first magnitude. In some embodiments, in response to detecting the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and in accordance with a determination that the third time does not correspond to a designated time, the electronic device provides the tactile output with a second magnitude less than the first magnitude. Providing a tactile output in response to detecting the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and in accordance with a determination that the third time corresponds to a designated time provides improved feedback by indicating that a navigated-to time is a point of interest. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the electronic device detects further rotation of the rotatable input mechanism. In response to detecting the further rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, the electronic device provides a second tactile output (e.g., the electronic device provides repeated tactile outputs as the rotatable input mechanism is rotated; the tactile outputs are repeated at the second (smaller) magnitude between designated times; at each designated time, a tactile output is provided with the first (larger) magnitude). In some embodiments, the tactile output is based on a speed or amount of rotation of the rotatable input mechanism (e.g., instead of the content of the clock face, such as the location of a designated time or point of interest). In some embodiments, the tactile output is based on a speed of rotation of the rotatable input mechanism (e.g., tactile outputs are provided at a greater rate or magnitude the faster the rotatable input mechanism is rotated). In some embodiments, the tactile output is based on an amount of rotation of the rotatable input mechanism (e.g., the tactile output is provided at a greater rate or magnitude the more the rotatable input mechanism is rotated).
In some embodiments, the clock face includes a first graphical element (e.g., 1605a, 1605b, 1605c, 1605d, 1602, 1604) (e.g., a complication or a tick on the analog dial). In some embodiments, a color of the first graphical element is selected based on a time of day (e.g., the current time, a non-current navigated-to time). In some embodiments, the time of day determines the color of a background of the clock face. In some embodiments, the background includes a gradient (e.g., the primary color of the gradient changes with time of day). Displaying an element of a clock face with a color, where the color varies based on the time of day, provides improved visual feedback by presenting a visual indication of the current time other than a digital or analog representation and providing a dynamic user interface. Providing improved visual feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the inset time indication includes an indication of time. In some embodiments, the indication of time is displayed according to a first style (e.g., analog) at the second time. In some embodiments, after displaying the clock face at the second time, the electronic device detects a sequence of one or more inputs (e.g., 1610a-1610c) (e.g., contacts on a touch-sensitive display and/or activation (e.g., depression or rotation) of a rotatable input mechanism) corresponding to a request to edit a style of the indication of time of the inset time indication (e.g., enter a clock face editing mode, select a time style, and confirm selection of the clock face). In response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to edit a style of the indication of time of the inset time indication, the electronic device displays, via the display device, the clock face including the indication of time of the inset time indication according to a second style (e.g., digital) different from the first style (e.g., the second style is based on the selection of the second style via the sequence of one or more inputs).
In some embodiments, the inset time indication is translucent (e.g., the inset time indication is displayed in front of the analog dial (and features within the analog dial); the analog dial (and features within the analog dial) are visible through the inset time indication but lack detail).
In some embodiments, the clock face includes a color gradient (e.g., a linear color gradient) that has a gradual transition from a first color (e.g., a dark color near the bottom of the analog dial) to a second color (e.g., a lighter color near the top of the analog dial, with various colors/shades of colors in between). In some embodiments, the color gradient varies along a direction from a center of the analog dial to a position on the analog dial representing solar noon (e.g., for a position along the direction of the gradient, the color is constant in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the gradient).
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 1700 (e.g.,
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In some embodiments, instead of detecting a long press gesture, electronic device 600 detects input 1814 as a tap gesture. In some embodiments, in response to detecting input 1814 and in accordance with a determination that the contact duration of input 1814 does not exceed a threshold duration, electronic device exits the clock face selection mode, and returns to displaying clock face 1800 at the bigger size shown in
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As discussed above, the user continues to maintain contact with display 602. The user then performs a left-to-right drag gesture to reposition clock face 1800 in the sequence of clock faces. As a result, electronic device detects input 1814 with movement in the left-to-right direction.
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In response to detecting input 1814 at a location corresponding to the right side of display 602, electronic device 600 scrolls the displayed clock faces (e.g., 1808, 1810) in the right-to-left direction (e.g., while maintaining the display location of clock face 1800 on the display), and initially displays at least a portion of clock face 1820. Clock face 1820 is scrolled onto display 602 from the right edge of display 602.
Further in response to detecting input 1814 at a location corresponding to the right side of display 602, electronic device 600 scrolls clock face 1810 passed position indicator 1818, and updates position indicator 1818 to reflect the current position of clock face 1800. As clock face scrolls passed position indicator 1818, electronic device 600 generates tactile outputs 1821 (e.g., haptic feedback) that are capable of being sensed by the user, thereby providing an indication that the user is successfully reordering the clock faces. In some embodiments, electronic device 600 generates the tactile outputs upon a determination that a scrolled clock face has reached a threshold location with respect to position indicator 1818.
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In some embodiments, in response to detecting input 1814 at a location corresponding to the right side of display 602, electronic device 600 scrolls, in the right-to-left direction, the displayed clock faces (e.g., 1810, 1822) in addition to the clock faces later in the sequence. While the clock faces are being displayed at a smaller size (e.g., in comparison to
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The user then lifts their finger off of display 602 to exit the clock face reordering mode and return to the clock face selection mode. As a result, electronic device 600 detects liftoff of input 1814.
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In some embodiments, before any reordering of the clock faces has occurred, the user performs a left-to-right swipe gesture to switch to the clock face in the position just prior to clock face 1800 in the sequence of clock faces. As a result, electronic device 600 detects input 1832 with movement in the left-to-right direction, as depicted in
In some embodiments, a user can perform an upward swipe gesture to delete a clock face from the sequence of clock faces. For example, at
As described below, method 1900 provides an intuitive way for reordering clock faces. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for reordering clock faces, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to reorder clock faces faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
In some embodiments, an electronic device (e.g., 600) displays (1902), via the display device, a selection user interface (e.g., 1806) for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces (e.g., 1800, 1808, 1810). In some embodiments, displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces (e.g., 1808 and 1810 of
In some embodiments, while displaying, via the display device (e.g., 602), the selection user interface (e.g., 1806 in
In some embodiments, displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces (e.g., 1800, 1810) from the plurality of clock faces (as part of display the selection user interface (e.g., 1806 in
In some embodiments, prior to displaying the selection user interface (e.g., 1806 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the first clock face (e.g., 1800) at the second size, detecting a second user input (e.g. 1804 at
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the user input (e.g., 1814 in
In some embodiments, while displaying, via the display device (e.g., 602), the selection user interface (e.g., 1806 in
In some embodiments, in response (1906) to detecting the user input, in accordance with (1908) a determination that the user input meets first input criteria (e.g., the first input criteria includes a requirement that is met when the user input is, or corresponds to, a certain type of gesture (e.g., tap gesture, swipe/drag (in a particular direction (up, down, right, left)))), the electronic device displays (1910), via the display device, the first clock face (e.g., 1800) at a second size (e.g., 1800) that is greater than the first size (e.g., without displaying other clock faces of the plurality of clock faces (e.g., second clock face, third clock face)).
In some embodiments, in response (1906) to detecting the user input, in accordance with (1912) a determination that the user input (e.g., 1814) meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria (e.g., the second input criteria includes a requirement that is met when the user input is, or corresponds to, a certain type of gesture (e.g., tap gesture, swipe/drag (in a particular direction (up, down, right, left)))), the electronic device displays (1914), via the display device, a reordering user interface (e.g., 1816) for reordering the plurality of clock faces. In some embodiments, displaying the reordering user interface (e.g., 1816 in
In some embodiments, at least two clock faces of the plurality of clock faces (e.g., 1800, 1810) are in an ordered set. In some embodiments, while displaying the reordering user interface (e.g., 1816 in
Displaying a location indicator (e.g., 1818) provides the user with a visual indication of the current location of the first clock face with respect to the other clock faces during the reordering process. This is particularly useful when the user has performed a drag down gesture on the first clock face such that the first clock face is no longer aligned with the other clock faces in the plurality of clock faces (e.g., the first clock face is lower than the other clock faces). Providing improved feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, while displaying the reordering user interface (e.g., 1816 in
In some embodiments, displaying the reordering user interface (e.g., 1816 in
Displaying the second clock face (e.g., 1808) and the third clock face (e.g., 1810) smaller than the first clock face provides the user with feedback about which clock face is selected for reordering. Providing improved visual feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, displaying the reordering user interface (e.g., 1816) includes displaying the first clock face (e.g., 1800) at a first reduced size that is smaller than the first size.
Reducing the size of the first clock face (e.g., 1800) provides the user with feedback that a reordering process has been initiated and that the user can provide additional inputs to reorder the clock faces. Additionally, reducing the size of the first clock face enables the device to display additional clock faces (or portions thereof), thereby providing the user with additional visual feedback about the current ordering of the clock faces. Providing improved visual feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, displaying the reordering user interface (e.g., 1816 in
Further reducing the size of the first clock face when the user provides a particular input (e.g., a drag down input on the first clock face) provides the user with feedback that the reordering process has been accelerated and that a left/right drag of the first clock face will cause the first clock face to transition more quickly through the other clock faces. Additionally, reducing the size of the first clock face enables the device to optionally display additional clock faces (or portions thereof), thereby providing the user with additional visual feedback about the current ordering of the clock faces (and the ordering of the clock faces which the user is traversing). Providing improved visual feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, while the device detects the movement corresponding to the first clock face while displaying the reordering user interface, the first clock face in the reordering user interface is at least partially transparent (e.g., 1800 of
Displaying the first clock face at least partially transparent such that at least a portion of the one or more other clock faces are visible behind the first clock face during the reordering process provides the user with feedback about where the first clock face is on the user interface relative to the other clock faces. Providing improved feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, in response to (1918) detecting the movement (e.g., corresponding to input 1814) corresponding to the first clock face, the electronic device moves (1920) the first clock face (e.g., 1800) relative to one or more of the other clock faces (e.g., 1808, 1810, 1820, 1822, 1824) in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement (e.g., as illustrated in
Enlarging the first clock face to the second size that is greater than the first size provides the user with feedback that the first clock face has been selected. Displaying the at least a portion of three or more clock faces provides visual feedback to the user about the current ordering of the clock faces, thereby enabling the user to appropriately reorder the clock faces. Providing improved visual feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, moving, in accordance with the detected movement (e.g., corresponding to input 1814 in
Providing tactile output that corresponds to visual reordering of the plurality of clock faces provides the user with non-visual feedback about the reordering process, thereby indicating to the user each time the first clock face is moved within the plurality of clock faces. Providing improved feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, while moving the first clock face (e.g., 1800) relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface (e.g., 1816 in
Providing tactile output when the end of the list of clock faces has been reached provides the user with tactile feedback that the input that was previously causing the first clock face to more relative to the other clock faces is no longer effective (since the end of the list has been reached). Providing improved feedback to the user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces (e.g., 1808, 1810) from the plurality of clock faces (as part of display the selection user interface (e.g., 1806 in
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 1900 (e.g.,
The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the techniques and their practical applications. Others skilled in the art are thereby enabled to best utilize the techniques and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
Although the disclosure and examples have been fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted that various changes and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications are to be understood as being included within the scope of the disclosure and examples as defined by the claims.
As described above, one aspect of the present technology is the gathering and use of data available from various sources to improve the delivery to users of invitational content or any other content that may be of interest to them. The present disclosure contemplates that in some instances, this gathered data may include personal information data that uniquely identifies or can be used to contact or locate a specific person. Such personal information data can include demographic data, location-based data, telephone numbers, email addresses, twitter IDs, home addresses, data or records relating to a user's health or level of fitness (e.g., vital signs measurements, medication information, exercise information), date of birth, or any other identifying or personal information.
The present disclosure recognizes that the use of such personal information data, in the present technology, can be used to the benefit of users. For example, the personal information data can be used to deliver targeted content that is of greater interest to the user. Accordingly, use of such personal information data enables users to calculated control of the delivered content. Further, other uses for personal information data that benefit the user are also contemplated by the present disclosure. For instance, health and fitness data may be used to provide insights into a user's general wellness, or may be used as positive feedback to individuals using technology to pursue wellness goals.
The present disclosure contemplates that the entities responsible for the collection, analysis, disclosure, transfer, storage, or other use of such personal information data will comply with well-established privacy policies and/or privacy practices. In particular, such entities should implement and consistently use privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized as meeting or exceeding industry or governmental requirements for maintaining personal information data private and secure. Such policies should be easily accessible by users, and should be updated as the collection and/or use of data changes. Personal information from users should be collected for legitimate and reasonable uses of the entity and not shared or sold outside of those legitimate uses. Further, such collection/sharing should occur after receiving the informed consent of the users. Additionally, such entities should consider taking any needed steps for safeguarding and securing access to such personal information data and ensuring that others with access to the personal information data adhere to their privacy policies and procedures. Further, such entities can subject themselves to evaluation by third parties to certify their adherence to widely accepted privacy policies and practices. In addition, policies and practices should be adapted for the particular types of personal information data being collected and/or accessed and adapted to applicable laws and standards, including jurisdiction-specific considerations. For instance, in the US, collection of or access to certain health data may be governed by federal and/or state laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); whereas health data in other countries may be subject to other regulations and policies and should be handled accordingly. Hence different privacy practices should be maintained for different personal data types in each country.
Despite the foregoing, the present disclosure also contemplates embodiments in which users selectively block the use of, or access to, personal information data. That is, the present disclosure contemplates that hardware and/or software elements can be provided to prevent or block access to such personal information data. For example, in the case of interactive clock faces, the present technology can be configured to allow users to select to “opt in” or “opt out” of participation in the collection of personal information data during registration for services or anytime thereafter. In another example, users can select not to provide data. In yet another example, users can select to limit the length of time data is maintained. In addition to providing “opt in” and “opt out” options, the present disclosure contemplates providing notifications relating to the access or use of personal information. For instance, a user may be notified upon downloading an app that their personal information data will be accessed and then reminded again just before personal information data is accessed by the app.
Moreover, it is the intent of the present disclosure that personal information data should be managed and handled in a way to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use. Risk can be minimized by limiting the collection of data and deleting data once it is no longer needed. In addition, and when applicable, including in certain health related applications, data de-identification can be used to protect a user's privacy. De-identification may be facilitated, when appropriate, by removing specific identifiers (e.g., date of birth, etc.), controlling the amount or specificity of data stored (e.g., collecting location data a city level rather than at an address level), controlling how data is stored (e.g., aggregating data across users), and/or other methods.
Therefore, although the present disclosure broadly covers use of personal information data to implement one or more various disclosed embodiments, the present disclosure also contemplates that the various embodiments can also be implemented without the need for accessing such personal information data. That is, the various embodiments of the present technology are not rendered inoperable due to the lack of all or a portion of such personal information data. For example, content can be selected and delivered to users by inferring preferences based on non-personal information data or a bare minimum amount of personal information, such as the content being requested by the device associated with a user, other non-personal information, or publicly available information.
Claims
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a display device;
- one or more processors; and
- memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device includes a rotatable input mechanism that is configured to rotate relative to a housing of the electronic device, and wherein the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to the request to change the language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face includes a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism.
3. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
- while the indication of time is displayed in the third language, detecting data corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the graphical element on the first clock face; and
- in response to detecting the data corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the graphical element on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a third clock face, the third clock face including: the indication of time displayed in the third language, and the graphical element, wherein the graphical element is displayed in a fourth language different from the second language.
4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein displaying the first clock face and/or the second clock face includes displaying the indication of time in a first color, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
- receiving a request to display a current clock face; and
- in response to receiving the request to display a current clock face, displaying, via the display device, a fourth clock face, the fourth clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a second color different from the first color; and the graphical element.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the indication of time includes a plurality of graphical elements, the plurality of graphical elements including a first graphical element representing a numeral and a second graphical element distinct from a representation of a numeral.
6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the indication of time includes an analog dial and displaying the first clock face and/or the second clock face includes displaying the analog dial according to a first style, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
- detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a style of the analog dial; and
- in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a style of the analog dial, displaying, via the display device, a fourth clock face, the fourth clock face including: the indication of time with the analog dial displayed according to a second style different from the first style; and the graphical element.
7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein:
- the electronic device includes a rotatable input mechanism configured to rotate relative to a housing of the electronic device and the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a style of the analog dial includes a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism;
- displaying the fourth clock face includes fading out characters used to represent divisions of time in the analog dial displayed according to the first style along a first direction relative to a center of the analog dial and then fading in characters used to represent divisions of time in the analog dial displayed according to the second style along a second direction relative to the center of the analog dial; and
- the characters used to represent divisions of time fade in and out in accordance with the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism.
8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein fading in the characters used to represent divisions of time displayed according to the second style begins after fading out the characters used to represent divisions of time displayed according to the first style is complete.
9. The electronic device of claim 7, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
- receiving a request to display a current clock face; and
- in response to receiving the request to display a current clock face, displaying, via the display device, a fifth clock face including the indication of time and the graphical element, the indication of time including an analog dial, wherein displaying the fifth clock face includes fading in characters used to represent divisions of time in the analog dial along a direction relative to a center of the analog dial.
10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the indication of time includes a digital indication of time displayed concurrently with an analog indication of time, the analog indication of time including a plurality of clock hands displayed in front of the digital indication of time.
11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the indication of time includes an analog dial and displaying the first clock face and/or the second clock face includes displaying the analog dial according to a first style, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
- detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a color of a clock face; and
- in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a color of a clock face, displaying, via the display device, a sixth clock face, the sixth clock face including: the indication of time according to the request to change the color of the clock face and the graphical element according to the request to change the color of the clock face.
12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the indication of time includes an hour indicator displayed in a first color and a minute indicator displayed in a second color different from the first color.
13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
- the indication of time includes an hour indicator and a minute indicator, and
- in accordance with a user selection of a first color for both the hour indicator and the minute indicator, displaying the hour indicator in a second color and the minute indicator in a third color different from the second color.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language;
- detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and
- in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
15. A method comprising:
- at an electronic device with a display device: displaying, via the display device, a first clock face, the first clock face including: an indication of time, the indication of time displayed in a first language; and a graphical element distinct from the indication of time, the graphical element displayed in a second language; detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face; and in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to change a language associated with the indication of time on the first clock face, displaying, via the display device, a second clock face, the second clock face including: the indication of time, wherein the indication of time is displayed in a third language different from the first language; and the graphical element displayed in the second language.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 4, 2022
Publication Date: Jul 21, 2022
Inventors: Kevin Will CHEN (Cupertino, CA), Alan C. DYE (San Francisco, CA), Pani PAGE (Sunnyvale, CA), Christopher WILSON (Sonoma, CA)
Application Number: 17/713,005
